Most of the Pawar household members person aligned themselves with Sharad Pawar. (File)
THE families of Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar, who traditionally observe ‘Diwali Padwa’ unneurotic astatine the Govindbaug residence of ‘Pawar saheb’ successful Baramati city, volition support region from each different this clip connected Saturday, celebrating the festival of lights astatine their respective homes.
NCP (SP) main Sharad Pawar, his woman Pratibha, daugther Supriya Sule and grandson Rohit Pawar, among different household members, volition observe Diwali Padwa astatine their Govindbaug residence connected Baramati-Malegaon roadworthy successful Baramati city.
Deputy Chief Minister and NCP main Ajit Pawar and his family, including his mother, woman and 2 sons volition observe Diwali Padwa astatine their Katewadi residence successful Sahyog Society, which is astir 10 km from the Govindbaug residence of Sharad Pawar.
Ajit Pawar’s elder member Sriniwas Pawar is expected to articulation the celebrations astatine Sharad Pawar’s home. Sriniwas’ lad Yugendra Pawar is contesting from the Baramati Assembly spot from the NCP (SP), challenging Ajit Pawar connected his location turf.
At the Diwali celebrations, the Pawars conscionable and greet radical from Baramati and beyond, who travel successful large numbers. Their families past partake nutrient prepared for the peculiar occasion. The celebrations proceed for 2 3 days.
Most of the Pawar household members person aligned themselves with Sharad Pawar arsenic they consciousness Ajit Pawar has not done the close happening by “betraying” Sharad Pawar. They are besides not blessed that Ajit Pawar strayed from the way of secularism by joining hands with a enactment similar the BJP.
“The contented of celebrating ‘Diwali Padwa’ by the Pawar household is rather old. I retrieve erstwhile I was successful school, it utilized to hap adjacent then. I deliberation the contented is much than 40 years old,” Imtiaz Shaikh, erstwhile NCP metropolis president, said.
Last year, Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar had celebrated the juncture astatine the former’s Govindbaug residence, though the second had joined hands with the BJP and Shiv Sena to signifier the Mahayuti Government. However, some leaders had met radical separately. “This is the archetypal clip some the families are celebrating ‘Diwali Padwa’ astatine their respective homes,” Shaikh said.
Meanwhile, speaking astir the celebrations, NCP (SP) moving president Supriya Sule said, “It is simply a peculiar juncture for us. We volition observe it together. I don’t cognize astir the different Diwali Padwa (the 1 astatine Ajit Pawar’s residence).”
Ajit Pawar, connected his part, said, “Our ‘Diwali Padwa’ celebrations volition instrumentality spot astatine my Katewadi residence. Some of our leaders similar Sunil Tatkare and Dhananjay Munde privation to articulation successful the celebrations.”
For bully measure, helium added, “The Mahayuti authorities volition instrumentality to power.”
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