Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday indicated there was no chance of a reconciliation with nephew Ajit Pawar and different senior leaders of his social gathering who had rebelled towards him, and joined fingers with the BJP-led authorities final 12 months.
They’re now claiming to be the “real” NCP.
“We do not have any thoughts within the party about those who took such a decision. Especially those who are responsible for taking such a decision, our stand about them is clear,” Pawar mentioned.
In July final 12 months, Ajit Pawar break up the NCP, taking a majority of MLAs to the ruling authorities, led by the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP).
Following the break up, Ajit Pawar loyalists hurled allegations of mismanagement, nepotism and authoritarianism towards senior Pawar.
The Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP was, nonetheless, very restrained, prompting hypothesis that the social gathering was making an attempt to maintain the door open for rebels to return.
Ajit Pawar had orchestrated an analogous insurrection in 2019, when he led newly-elected NCP MLAs to affix fingers with the BJP to type a authorities after the Meeting elections.
At the moment, his uncle Sharad Pawar had firmed up a brand new coalition with the Congress and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, known as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
Ajit Pawar was sworn in because the deputy chief minister with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister. The insurrection was quick lived as a majority of MLAs returned to the Sharad Pawar fold and Ajit Pawar resigned inside 72 hours. This led to the autumn of the BJP authorities.
Sharad Pawar took him again and made him the deputy chief minister within the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA authorities.
‘Better to ignore age taunts by Ajit Pawar’
Ever since his insurrection, Ajit Pawar has been not directly criticising his 84-year-old uncle for refusing to retire from politics regardless of his age.
Sharad Pawar on Tuesday mentioned, “If he thinks it is appropriate to talk about my age, then I have nothing to say about it… There is no reason to take this criticism seriously, and it is better to ignore the comments.”
The senior Pawar additional mentioned he has already clarified he is not going to contest elections as soon as his present Rajya Sabha time period is over in 2026.
“Till the time my term is over, it is my duty to fight for the rights of the people, work for them and the party. After my term ends, I will not contest. I have said this multiple times in the public domain,” he mentioned.
Sharad Pawar had first introduced his intention to retire from electoral politics after his time period ended, and stepped down because the NCP chief instantly in Could final 12 months when the social gathering was nonetheless undivided.
The announcement was adopted by huge protests by social gathering employees throughout Maharashtra, and whereas all senior leaders urged Sharad Pawar to take again his determination, Ajit Pawar was the one one who publicly supported it.
Sharad Pawar, nonetheless, stayed on however named Praful Patel and his daughter Supriya Sule as working presidents, additionally giving the latter the electoral accountability for Maharashtra. Lower than a month later, Ajit Pawar rebelled towards the social gathering, and Patel joined his camp. (EOM)
(Edited by Tikli Basu)
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