‘Whoever Goes With BJP…’: Sharad Pawar’s Veiled Jibe At Nephew Ajit Amid NCP Merger Buzz

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Over the previous month, hypothesis has grown round the potential for the 2 NCP factions reuniting, particularly after Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar have been seen collectively many occasions
Sharad Pawar along with his nephew Ajit Pawar | File Picture: PTI
Nationalist Congress Social gathering (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday dominated out any affiliation with teams aligned with the BJP, placing an finish to hypothesis over becoming a member of palms along with his nephew Ajit Pawar’s NCP faction.
The veteran chief additional asserted that he couldn’t be a part of palms with somebody he described as “opportunistic,” in what seemed to be a direct swipe at Ajit Pawar.
“We can’t be a part of palms with those that have joined palms with BJP. We are going to take alongside solely those that consider within the ideology of Gandhi, Shahu, Phule and Ambedkar,” Pawar instructed a gathering of get together employees in Pimpri-Chinchwad.
His remarks got here simply hours earlier than a bunch of about 20 former corporators from totally different events, together with Ajit Gavhane — who had contested the Maharashtra Meeting elections from Bhosari as an NCP (SP) candidate — have been set to formally be a part of the Ajit-led NCP faction.
“If anybody is speaking about becoming a member of palms with the BJP for the sake of energy, then his thought doesn’t belong to the Congress. And subsequently, get together employees can set up relationships with anybody, however a relation with the BJP doesn’t slot in with the Congress ideology. I don’t need to encourage the politics of opportunism.”
Over the previous month, hypothesis has grown round the potential for the 2 NCP factions reuniting, particularly after Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar have been seen collectively at a number of occasions in Pune. Behind closed doorways, each factions are believed to have held discussions, prompting buzz a few potential patch-up.
Sharad Pawar had even delegated the duty of gauging get together sentiment on a reunion to his daughter, Baramati MP Supriya Sule, asking her to seek the advice of with get together MLAs, MPs, and employees.
Responding to his uncle’s newest remarks, Ajit Pawar mentioned merely, “Everybody has the suitable to articulate their views.”
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