Do not endorse it: It was Ajit Pawar’s personal decision says Sharad Pawar
New Delhi, Nov 23: After the early morning twist in Maharashtra, NCP leader, Sharad Pawar has said that his nephew Ajit Pawar's decision to support the BJP was his personal one.
This is not a decision of the NCP and we place on record that we do not support or endorse this decision taken by him (Ajit Pawar).
The statement by Sharad Pawar comes minutes after NCP leader Praful Patel too endorsed the same view. Patel said that this is not the NCP's decision. Sharad Pawar has nothing to do with it, Patel also said adding more drama to the entire episode.
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What
has
surprised
everyone
is
that
this
dramatic
development
took
place
just
a
few
hours
after
the
Shiv
Sena,
NCP
and
Congress
announced
that
they
would
be
staking
a
claim
to
form
the
government.
They
were
also
to
make
a
formal
announcement
today.
It
is
still
not
clear
if
Sharad
Pawar
is
on
the
same
page
as
Ajit
Pawar.
Going
by
the
statements,
it
appears
as
though
this
was
a
decision
taken
by
Ajit
Pawar.
After being sworn in as the deputy CM, he said that he decided to take this call as the talks between the NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena were never-ending. There was a need to give Maharashtra a stable government, said Ajit Pawar, who is Sharad Pawar's nephew.
Has Ajit Pawar split the NCP and joined hand with the BJP
It may be recalled that Sharad Pawar had met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 40 minutes last week. Pawar had said that he was meeting with the PM to discuss the farmer issue in Maharashtra.