As NCP again says Ajit Pawar will contest from Baramati, his nephew claims he is battle-ready

The NCP’s assertions person travel amidst speculations that Ajit Pawar mightiness displacement to either Shirur, Khadakvasla oregon immoderate different spot to guarantee his triumph and yet inhabit the main minister’s chair, which helium has been eyeing for long.

On his part, Ajit Pawar has besides hinted that helium mightiness not contention from Baramati and his younger lad Jay Pawar mightiness contention instead.

“I don’t cognize wherefore my uncle does not privation to contention from Baramati. Maybe due to the fact that Supriyatai was starring successful Baramati by 48,000 votes during the Lok Sabha elections… Though this whitethorn not beryllium true, helium mightiness beryllium having his ain reasons. After all, helium is an experienced politician,” said Yugendra, lad of Ajit Pawar’s elder member Sriniwas Pawar. Yugendra is successful NCP (SP) led by Sharad Pawar. During Lok Sabha elections, helium and his household were successful the forefront of campaigning for Supriya Sule, his aunt.

In 2019, Ajit Pawar had won Baramati Assembly spot for the seventh clip with a grounds borderline of 1.67 lakh votes. “Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections are 2 antithetic things… Ajit Pawar has been winning consistently with large margins from Baramati. And has been moving relentlessly for the radical of Baramati. Therefore, determination is nary question of being disquieted implicit losing the seat. Ajit Pawar volition triumph hands down whoever beryllium the contestant,” said NCP spokesperson Umesh Patil.

Yugendra said helium is leaving nary chromatic unturned to interact with the voters of Baramati successful a bid to support himself battle-ready successful lawsuit helium is asked to leap into the fray. “I person completed 2 rounds of Baramati Assembly constituency. I person been progressive successful Baramati for rather sometime now. I person been successful interaction with the voters here,” helium said.

Asked whether helium has immoderate plans to contention from Chinchwad Assembly seat, Yugendra said, “No way, if I person to contest, I volition contention from Baramati only.”

On his part, Sriniwas Pawar, his father, speaking to ABP Majha, a Marathi quality channel, said, “Ajitdada has not erstwhile but doubly said that helium mightiness instrumentality a antithetic decision. Baramati is simply a peculiar constituency. Sharad Pawar knows it wrong out. No 1 other understands it amended than him.”

Sriniwas said Ajit Pawar has claimed that full Pawar household volition beryllium with him during Assembly election. “This sounds funny. Even I privation to spot which Pawars volition beryllium with him. And who volition beryllium the candidate? I deliberation Ajitdada volition contention from Baramati. But Baramatikars volition ne'er hide Pawar saheb, they volition ne'er permission him. You volition spot it successful this election,” helium said.

Meanwhile, speaking successful Baramati connected Tuesday evening, Ajit Pawar said, “Whenever I had to instrumentality a governmental stand, I had taken it aft treatment with ‘saheb’…He had archetypal said yes and past helium said I don’t deliberation it is appropriate….” He was referring to his determination to articulation hands with BJP and Shiv Sena to signifier Mahayuti successful 2023.

After inaugurating a slew of projects and laying the instauration chromatic successful Pimpri connected Wednesday, Ajit Pawar, taking a jibe astatine Sharad Pawar’s party, said, “When a enactment does not person campaigner with elective merit, they import candidates.” Ajit Pawar was referring to BJP person Harshvardhan Patil joining NCP (SP).