After the worst defeat in LS polls, a burst of laughter: What makes Ajit Pawar so happy?

Shinde changeable backmost saying, “He has the acquisition of taking oath successful the greeting and successful the evening arsenic well.” A callback of his failed early-morning swearing-in effort with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis successful 2019, enactment a large grin connected Pawar’s look arsenic well.

Known for his accustomed consecutive and staid face, Pawar’s relaxed avatar since the Maharashtra assembly results is hard to miss. By winning 41 seats successful the 2024 assembly elections, Pawar not lone triumphed implicit his uncle and seasoned person Sharad Pawar but has successfully claimed his enactment arsenic the existent NCP. This whitethorn pb to further incoming to his party.

Ajit Pawar besides faced absorption wrong the household for going against his uncle arsenic many, including his brothers, opposed him politically. His triumph besides gives him an affectional precocious manus against each those.

Less than 4 months ago, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) main Ajit Pawar suffered 1 of the worst defeats successful his governmental vocation arsenic lone 1 retired of his 5 candidates emerged victorious successful the Lok Sabha polls.

In what turned retired to beryllium 1 of the astir high-profile battles successful the state then, Ajit Pawar’s woman Sunetra faced decision astatine the hands of his relative sister and incumbent MP Supriya Sule, girl of seasoned person Sharad Pawar successful the family’s location turf Baramati. This was for the archetypal clip that 2 members of the Pawar household faced each different successful an electoral battle. Ajit Pawar had made it a prestige conflict by choosing to beryllium stationed successful Baramati and overseeing the run for his wife.

Found himself astatine the bottommost of state’s governmental hierarchy and was near with precise small enactment to negociate a higher fig of seats for the enactment successful assembly polls, Pawar focused connected 59 parties lone and yet emerged victorious connected 41. With a mammoth mandate handed implicit to Mahayuti, helium was the archetypal enactment to travel retired openly extending enactment to Devendra Fadnavis arsenic the adjacent Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

Faced with respective inquiries and his relatives facing raids by cardinal agencies successful the past, Pawar has heaved a suspiration of alleviation ever since joining hands with the BJP.

“Since its enactment successful 1999, but for the five-year word successful 2014-19, the NCP has ever been portion of the government. Even aft 2019, beryllium it MVA oregon Mahayuti, the NCP has been successful power. The enactment thrives connected power. This time, with a immense mandate connected Mahayuti’s side, the authorities volition tally smoothly for the adjacent 5 years and helium faces nary situation for the clip being,” said a person from the NCP.

Sources wrong the NCP besides mentioned that Pawar has an vantage implicit NCP (SP) now, arsenic helium volition beryllium successful powerfulness for the adjacent 5 years. “One cannot contradict the anticipation of elected representatives making overtures to the NCP. Now helium is successful a driving seat,” the person said.