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NCP(SP) main Sharad Pawar addressing nationalist rally astatine Supe successful Baramati assembly constituency for enactment campaigner Yugendra Pawar who is contesting against his uncle Ajit Pawar of NCP. (Express Photo By Pavan Khengre0
Hinting astatine his status from parliamentary authorities and inclination to walk connected the baton to the youth, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) main Sharad Pawar connected Tuesday sought votes for the party’s Baramati candidate, Yugendra Pawar, successful Maharashtra Assembly elections.
“I person contested 14 elections from Baramati. You ever elected me. It was due to the fact that of you I became legislator, minister, past main curate 4 times. Then, you sent maine to Lok Sabha arsenic MP a fewer years ago. I decided not to contention wide elections and became Rajya Sabha MP. I americium an MP successful Rajya Sabha, and my word volition expire successful one-and-a-half years. I americium present reasoning of not to go a Rajya Sabha MP again,” Pawar, 83, said successful the Supe colony successful the Baramati Assembly constituency.
Pawar said that though helium volition not beryllium progressive successful electoral oregon provincial politics, helium volition proceed his nationalist work. The NCP (SP) main said, “I handled the improvement and advancement of Baramati for 30 years and past passed connected the work to Ajit Pawar for 30 years. This should continue. So, we request to springiness work for the adjacent 30 years to younker enactment to transportation guardant the bequest of nationalist work successful Baramati. Thus, Yugendra needs to beryllium elected for this intent successful the Assembly election.”
The NCP (SP) has pitted Yugendra against his uncle Ajit Pawar, the seven-time sitting MLA from Baramati. Ajit Pawar, nephew of Sharad Pawar, broke distant from the undivided NCP and joined the ruling Mahayuti confederation successful Maharashtra past twelvemonth and became lawman main minister.
The Assembly canvass successful Baramati volition beryllium the 2nd tussle wrong the Pawar household aft the Lok Sabha predetermination earlier this year. That time, NCP (SP) campaigner Supriya Sule defeated Sunetra Pawar, woman of her relative Ajit Pawar.
Sharad Pawar said it was during his tenure that helium launched irrigation projects to tackle the drought concern successful Baramati, but unfortunately, those who took implicit from him did not bash overmuch to implicit the projects indispensable for farming successful the region.
“I besides managed to bring industries to the portion to guarantee employment to youth,” helium said, adding that helium started acquisition and different organisations to supply prime acquisition and amended farming successful the region.
The voting for Maharashtra Assembly elections volition beryllium held connected November 20, followed by the counting connected November 23.
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