Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on June 21 raised political eyebrows yet again after he urged the party leadership to “free him” from his current party position of Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Legislative Assembly.
Mr. Ajit Pawar’s statement, made during his address at the party’s 24th Foundation Day in Mumbai, comes amid intense speculation of his reportedly being disgruntled at being denied a party position at the NCP’s recent reshuffle at the party’s Foundation Day function in New Delhi earlier this month.
“I have worked in many different posts in the past years. I was not much interested in the post of Leader of Opposition. But the party top brass and our MLAs insisted I take it up… Some said I was not tough enough [on the ruling parties]…am I supposed to catch them by the scruff of their necks? So, I have expressed my wish to the senior leadership to free me from this post. Give me any post in the organisation that you think fit and I will do justice to it,” said Mr. Ajit Pawar.
