Stressing that he had “not stolen” his uncle Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and rebel NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said the high-stakes Baramati Lok Sabha contest was not an “emotional fight”.
Addressing a rally in Baramati while campaigning for his wife Sunetra Pawar, the ruling Mahayuti’s candidate, Mr. Ajit said hitherto, funds from the Centre had not flowed into Baramati and a number of development projects were stalled.
“Think of your future generations while casting your vote. Henceforth, funds will flow from the Centre. Our aim is to re-elect Narendra Modi as Prime Minister for the third term. It is to this end we have set aside past political rivalries [alluding to Shinde Sena leader Vijay Shivtare and BJP’s Harshavardhan Patil] and have come together,” said Mr. Ajit, who split his uncle’s party in July last year to align with the ruling BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
