While he still regarded his uncle, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, as a “deity”, rebel NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday nevertheless expressed his disappointment against the NCP patriarch by remarking that he did not get the opportunity to head the party just because he was not Mr. Sharad Pawar’s son.
Mr. Ajit Pawar made these remarks during a public address in the Shirur Lok Sabha constituency, which will vote in the fourth phase on May 13.
“Pawar saaheb is our daivat [deity] and there is no doubt about it, but every person has his time. After crossing 80, new people should be given opportunities. I have also crossed the age of 60. Do we get a chance or not? Had I been his son, I would have been given a chance. But since I am not, there was no chance,” Mr. Ajit Pawar said in a thinly veiled jibe at his cousin Supriya Sule, who is Mr. Sharad Pawar’s daughter.
