Maharashtra Assembly polls: After ‘fighting shy’, Ajit Pawar gets ready for Baramati battleground, likely to take on nephew

Ajit Pawar is astir apt to look a situation from Yugendra Pawar, lad of Ajit Pawar’s elder brother, Sriniwas Pawar. Yugendra, who has ne'er contested an election, has himself confirmed helium was 1 of the aspirants for Baramati spot and wouldn’t caput adjacent if it meant contesting against his uncle, amended known arsenic Ajitdada crossed Maharashtra.

Till Tuesday morning, Yugendra was expecting that Ajit Pawar won’t beryllium his rival portion referring to his repeated statements hinting helium won’t beryllium contesting from Baramati. Yugendra has been expecting that his sanction would beryllium announced this week. It did not hap connected Monday, neither connected Tuesday.

“The determination was expected to beryllium taken yesterday but due to the fact that of the ongoing seat-sharing discussions, the announcement regarding maine contesting from Baramati has been held up. I anticipation the determination volition beryllium taken soon,” Yugendra told this insubstantial connected Wednesday morning.

In the evening erstwhile asked astir Ajit Pawar being fielded from Baramati, Yugendra did not dependable ruffled. “I’m awaiting a determination arsenic to whether I volition beryllium contesting from Baramati oregon not,” helium said.

Yugendra said helium has not been issued immoderate AB signifier by the party. “No, the enactment has not fixed maine immoderate AB form… It is fixed lone aft the sanction is confirmed,” helium said.

Leaders of Sharad Pawar-led NCP are, however, assured that Yugendra volition beryllium fielded by the enactment from Baramati. At a property league successful Mumbai, NCP person Jitendra Ahwad, erstwhile asked astir the destiny of Yugendra, said, “I deliberation Yugendra volition beryllium perchance fielded from Baramati. However, I americium not definite astir it.”

Though his sanction has not been announced oregon “confirmed”, Yugendra has, however, been campaigning for days now. Not conscionable he, adjacent his adjacent household members and others from Pawar household are besides going astir Baramati and interacting with voters. “I person completed 3 rounds of Baramati… I person been rather progressive and regularly successful interaction with the voters of Baramati,” helium said.

At slightest connected 2 occasions, Ajit Pawar has successful the past hinted that helium mightiness not contention from Baramati. Once helium hinted that his lad Jay Pawar mightiness contention from Baramati if enactment workers request that helium contention from the seat. However, Ajit Pawar, a fewer days back, had indicated that helium mightiness contention from Baramati. “I beryllium to Baramati and Baramati belongs to me,” helium had said.

NCP authorities president Sunil Tatkare has doubly confirmed to this insubstantial that Ajit Pawar volition contention from Baramati. Even elder enactment person Praful Patil has made the aforesaid statement.

Sources successful the NCP (SP) said Ajit Pawar was wary of contesting from Baramati due to the fact that contempt his champion efforts his woman mislaid from Baramati Lok Sabha spot and was trailing successful Baramati Assembly spot by implicit 48,000 votes successful the LS polls. “If helium loses from Baramati Assembly seat, determination volition beryllium a large question people implicit his governmental career. It volition shatter his imagination of becoming the main minister. And that is the crushed wherefore helium wants to tally distant from Baramati,” said an NCP (SP) leader.

On the different hand, Yugendra has thing to lose. “Even if I lose, it volition not beryllium a large embarrassment for maine arsenic it is my archetypal election. If my uncle loses, it volition beryllium large nonaccomplishment of look for him,” helium said.