After trying to resist home turf, Ajit Pawar now says he is ready for Baramati bout

NCP sources said, however, the Baramati spot volition decidedly beryllium allotted to the party. “This is due to the fact that neither BJP nor Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde are preparing to contention from the Baramati seat. No 1 from these parties person adjacent demanded that Baramati spot should beryllium contested by their candidate… It is simply a foregone decision that NCP volition contention Baramati seat,” said an NCP leader.

Earlier successful the afternoon, speaking astatine Sinnar successful Nashik, Ajit Pawar said that radical of his location turf Baramati are keen that helium should contention from Baramati. “The different day, radical from Baramati stopped my vehicle. They said they volition not let maine to proceed until helium promises them that I volition contention from Baramati… Baramati is excavation and I beryllium to Baramati,” helium said.

Ajit Pawar was reacting to an connection made by enactment MLA Manikrao Kokate that helium should contention from the Sinnar seat. “Dada, I privation to marque you an offer. This taluka has fixed maine a lot. Now, we each feel, you should resoluteness the pending issues of my constituency. You should truthful contention from Sinnar assembly seat. We marque a nationalist entreaty to you. We committedness you that we volition guarantee your triumph by implicit 1.5 lakh votes.”

In response, Ajit Pawar intelligibly indicated that helium won’t permission Baramati.

At the aforesaid time, helium said helium privation to spot who wins by maximum fig of votes. “Let america whether the Sinnar campaigner oregon Baramati campaigner wins by the bigger ballot margin,” Pawar said.

In 2019 elections, Ajit Pawar had won from Baramati by borderline of implicit 1.67 lakh votes, which was a grounds marin successful Maharashtra.

He has won the spot for 7 times. However, since past 2 months, helium has been hinting that helium mightiness not contention from Baramati. He adjacent indicated that if voices are emanating successful enactment of his younger lad Jay Pawar, past the enactment volition see fielding him.

On the different hand, Sharad Pawar-led NCP has indicated that it volition tract Yugendra Pawar, who is Ajit Pawar’s nephew.

Yugendra connected his portion told The Indian Express that helium was already successful battle-mode. “I person completed 2 rounds of Baramati. Our full household is already successful interaction with the voters. If Pawar saheb asks maine to contention from Baramati, I americium acceptable for it… He has already asked maine to beryllium successful interaction with voters of Baramati,” Yugendra said.