After Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar took back his resignation as the party’s national president, his nephew and Maharashtra Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Ajit Pawar on Sunday said that the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) troika (of the NCP, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction and the Congress) would always stay united.
Ajit Pawar, who has been the centre of raging speculation over the past fortnight that he could possibly align with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said that the rumours were an effort on the part of some people “to malign him” as they were jealous of his work in the State.
“I am a man of deeds, not words…even Sharad Pawar has said I am not media-friendly. Some people cannot bear to see my successful work and are deliberately trying to malign me by spreading rumours about me joining the BJP,” said Mr. Ajit Pawar.
