Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who shared the dais with rebel Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar during an event in Pune, said on Sunday that the rebel NCP leader was now finally seated at the right place.
This was first time Mr. Shah, who holds the Cooperation portfolio, shared the stage with Mr. Pawar after the latter split the NCP led by his uncle Sharad Pawar last month to align with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction government.
“I have come here for the first time since Ajit dada became Deputy CM and I am sharing the stage with him. I want to tell him that Ajit dada, you are finally sitting at the right place [with the ruling BJP] after a long time. While this was the right place, you took too long to come here,” Mr. Shah quipped, evoking chuckles among the audience.
