Ajit Pawar defeated his nephew Yugendra within the household bastion of Baramati
New Delhi:
Two days after Ajit Pawar’s NCP trumped the social gathering faction led by his uncle Sharad Pawar within the Maharashtra Meeting polls, the junior Pawar questioned the rival camp’s choice to area his nephew Yugendra in opposition to him within the household bastion of Baramati. Ajit Pawar additionally reiterated that his choice to area spouse Sunetra in opposition to his sister Supriya Sule within the Lok Sabha election was a “mistake”.
The Sharad Pawar camp had fielded Yugendra Pawar, son of Ajit Pawar’s elder brother Shrinivas Anantrao Pawar, within the Baramati Meeting section. The seat was represented by Sharad Pawar for over twenty years, adopted by Ajit Pawar for over three. On this contest, 33-year-old Yugendra Pawar was backed by the senior Pawar and four-time Baramati MP Supriya Sule. However the teen misplaced out in opposition to his formidable uncle by a margin of over 1 lakh votes.
Addressing the media, Ajit Pawar stated, “Yugendra is a enterprise individual, he had no reference to politics. There was no cause to area my very own nephew in opposition to me within the elections.”
Apparently, Ajit Pawar had fielded his spouse Sunetra in opposition to his cousin and Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule within the basic election earlier this yr. Ms Sule gained the competition by a 1.5 lakh votes margin. Ajit Pawar later admitted that it was a “mistake”.
Reiterating the identical as we speak, he stated, “I made a mistake within the Lok Sabha elections, but when you need to ship a message, will you set an individual from your personal household in opposition to me?”
Sharad Pawar earlier defended the choice to area Yugendra Pawar, saying somebody needed to contest the polls. He had additionally stated there was no comparability between Ajit Pawar and Yugendra Pawar.
Ajit Pawar additionally joked along with his different nephew, Rohit Pawar, when he met him as we speak. Rohit Pawar gained the Karjat Jamkhed seat with a slim margin. Ajit Pawar as we speak advised him jokingly, “You have been saved by a factor margin…suppose what would occur if I had addressed a public assembly (rally) there…better of luck.”
A 2023 rise up led by Ajit Pawar in opposition to his uncle break up the NCP based by Sharad Pawar. Since then, the senior Pawar has been preventing to win his social gathering’s identify and image again. Within the Lok Sabha election, the veteran had trumped his nephew, along with his faction successful 8 seats in comparison with Ajit Pawar’s rating of 1. This time, the tables turned as NCP (Sharad Pawar) scored 10, however Ajit Pawar’s social gathering gained 41.