Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday categorically refused to comment on a recent photo taken by his faction’s leader Praful Patel along with NCP chief Sharad Pawar.
Mr. Patel, a key member of the rebel NCP faction led by Ajit Pawar, had shared a photo of himself along with NCP patriarch Mr. Sharad Pawar earlier this week in the new Parliament building’s Rajya Sabha chamber, raising eyebrows given the two rival NCP factions (led by Mr. Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit) have been fighting it out for control over the party.
“I do not want to comment on it. You [the press] keep asking me to remark on this one’s photo, that one’s photo. This is not my job. I will only comment on development issues. After all, we have joined this government to solve problems facing the people of this State,” said Mr. Ajit Pawar, speaking to reporters in Pune’s Pimpri-Chinchwad township.
