Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar along with his family members and supporters gathered in Baramati in Pune district on Sunday to celebrate ‘Bhau Beej’. But his nephew and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar remained absent on this occasion.
Sharad Pawar’s daughter and Lok Sabha member from Baramati Supriya Sule has shared a video on social media, in which supporters and relatives are seen welcoming the NCP (Sharad Pawar) chief.
The NCP split took place in July last year, when Ajit Pawar and several MLAs joined the Eknath Shinde government against the wishes of Sharad Pawar. Later, the Election Commission gave the party name and ‘clock’ election symbol to the Ajit Pawar faction, while the Sharad Pawar-led faction was named NCP (Sharad Pawar).
However, Ajit Pawar had participated in the Baramati ‘Bhau Beej’ program last year. This year, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar also broke the family tradition of jointly celebrating Diwali Padwa by organizing a separate event in his native village Katewadi. Sharad Pawar’s celebration took place at his Govindbagh residence.
Diwali related festivities are being celebrated in the Pawar family ahead of the assembly elections to be held on November 20. An interesting contest can be seen in Baramati between Ajit Pawar, his nephew and NCP (Sharad Pawar) candidate Yugendra Pawar. Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra Pawar was contesting against Sule in the Lok Sabha elections. Sule had easily won this election. The results of the state assembly elections will be declared on November 23.
