Last Updated on 14/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
Ajit Pawar is going through a period of introspection, and this has been going on for about a week. That is why he is expressing regret after regret – but the biggest regret is considered to be fielding his wife Sunetra Pawar from Baramati for the Lok Sabha elections.
Recently Ajit Pawar had talked about lagging behind in politics. The tone was definitely funny, but he was expressing regret. Ajit Pawar reminded that Devendra Fadnavis became MLA for the first time in 1999 while Eknath Shinde became MLA in 2004, while he himself has been an MLA since 1990.
Eknath Shinde is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis has also been the CM, but Ajit Pawar could never go beyond the post of Deputy CM. It is also true that he remained Deputy CM in most of the governments – it seems from Ajit Pawar’s words, and the political conditions and equations are also telling that the chair of Chief Minister has now gone far away from him.
And in this sequence, it is said in conversations that if there was an offer of the Chief Minister’s post from BJP and Shiv Sena, then they would have brought the entire NCP along with them. In 2023, Ajit Pawar joined the ruling coalition Mahayuti of Maharashtra with a large part of the NCP, and since then he has been the Deputy CM.
Before the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar has embarked on a ‘Jan Samman Yatra’ across the state, and during this, when asked, he said that his decision to field his wife Sunetra Pawar against his sister Supriya Sule from Baramati was wrong – this statement of Ajit Pawar before Rakshabandhan seems like emotional torture.
How political is Ajit Pawar’s regret over Baramati
NCP leader Ajit Pawar has expressed regret over the family feud over the Baramati Lok Sabha seat, but at the same time he also tries to explain that it was not his personal decision. According to Ajit Pawar, the decision to field Sunetra Pawar from Baramati was taken by the NCP parliamentary board. Baramati is considered the stronghold of Maharashtra’s veteran leader and Ajit Pawar’s uncle Sharad Pawar, and after Sharad Pawar, his daughter Supriya Sule represents Baramati in the Lok Sabha.
The question is, could Ajit Pawar not stop the party from going ahead with this decision? He is currently the supreme leader of the NCP, then what could have been the problem? Was there pressure on Ajit Pawar to do this from the BJP or the Mahayuti, which also includes Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena?
The question is why did Ajit Pawar say this now? Was this related to the brother-sister relationship, so he was waiting for the occasion of Rakhi festival?
Speaking to the media, Ajit Pawar said, ‘I love all my sisters… I made a mistake by fielding Sunetra against my sister… this should not have happened.’
Even though this is a political statement by Ajit Pawar, he also gets emotional while saying, ‘Once the arrow is shot, it cannot be taken back… but my heart is telling me today that this should not have happened.
When talking about his sister, Ajit Pawar says, ‘Politics has its place in politics, but all of them are my dear sisters… Politics is going on in many homes… Politics should not be allowed to enter the home… I made a mistake during the Lok Sabha elections.’
No matter how much Ajit Pawar regrets now, Supriya Sule has won the battle of Baramati in every respect. Even on the day of voting, Supriya Sule went straight to Ajit Pawar’s house after casting her vote and met Ajit Pawar’s mother there.
When journalists asked about the meeting, Supriya Sule said that she had come to meet her aunt Asha Kaki and seek her blessings – and Asha Kaki blessed her in such a way that the daughter-in-law lost to the daughter.
Supriya had gone to Ajit Pawar’s house immediately after casting her vote, now the question of the journalists was whether Ajit Pawar would go to Supriya Sule on Raksha Bandhan?
Ajit Pawar was a little hesitant, but he had to answer. So he said, I am currently on a tour across the state… but if I am in Baramati on Rakhi Purnima… and my sisters are there, then I will definitely go.
Is Ajit feeling suffocated in the Mahagathbandhan now?
For some days now, a campaign is being run by the Sangh and a section within the BJP, in which Ajit Pawar is the target. Those who are running this campaign are calling the inclusion of Ajit Pawar in different ways as an incompatible alliance with the BJP.
This is almost similar to the way BJP leaders were targeting Uddhav Thackeray at one time. Such leaders have been alleging that Uddhav Thackeray has compromised with Hindutva politics by allying with NCP and Congress – the impact on Maharashtra BJP may not be as much as that of Uddhav Thackeray, but the decision to take Ajit Pawar along is being blamed in the same way.
The most important role in bringing Ajit Pawar together seems to be that of another deputy CM of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis. The matter was finalised after several meetings with Union Minister Amit Shah, but Devendra Fadnavis was the mastermind. Ajit Pawar had also recently told about his meetings with Amit Shah.
Devendra Fadnavis has also met RSS leaders in the last month, and it is heard that he is strongly lobbying for Ajit Pawar. You must remember how in 2019, Devendra Fadnavis suddenly shook hands with Ajit Pawar one night and took oath as CM and Ajit Pawar as Deputy CM in the morning – then it was also reported that RSS leadership had advised Devendra Fadnavis to avoid any kind of sabotage.
The Sangh is still not happy with the alliance with Ajit Pawar. A few days ago, Vivek, a Marathi magazine associated with the Sangh, published a report in this regard, which said that many people in the BJP itself, and many BJP supporters are extremely unhappy with the alliance with Ajit Pawar. In a BJP meeting, a leader even demanded that the BJP should immediately break its relationship with Ajit Pawar.
It is possible that Ajit Pawar is also having difficulty in maintaining a relationship with BJP. He may be feeling suffocated, and it is also possible that Ajit Pawar is trying to create pressure in different ways for a good bargain in the seat sharing. For example, a few days ago Ajit Pawar had said that NCP will fight the Maharashtra civic elections alone – it is possible that Ajit Pawar is trying to get the desired number of assembly seats in his share during the division by threatening to return to the family.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)