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By Ritvick Arun Bhalekar: Amid speculation over senior party leader and his nephew Ajit Pawar’s next political move, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar made a cryptic remark purportedly about the party’s future.
While addressing the party’s youth wing, Sharad Pawar said, “Someone told me that roti has to be turned at the right time. If not turned, it becomes bitter.”
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The remark comes in the backdrop of speculation over Ajit Pawar’s next move, with a few claiming that he might join hands with the BJP. Ajit Pawar, however, has reiterated that he would stay in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) till his last moment.
AJIT PAWAR ON SHARAD PAWAR’S ‘ROTI REMARK’
Reacting to Sharad Pawar’s ‘roti remark’, Ajit Pawar said it has been the NCP’s tradition to bring forward new faces.
“Pawar sahab in his career span of 55 to 60 years has rolled heads many times (revamping organisation). We have seen how new faces are given chance and promoted. Leaders like RR Patil, Dilip Walse Patil, Chhagan Bhujbal, Sunil Tatkare, and even I, got a chance to show our work. Even in your field, you must be aspiring for promotion and higher posts,” Ajit Pawar told India Today.
“Similarly, I wish that new faces should come forward as MLAs, MPs, in co-operatives sectors and party organisations. This has been an old tradition in the party that new faces come forward and old faces are set aside,” he added.
SHINDE SENA REACTS
Naresh Mhaske, Shiv Sena (Shinde camp) spokesperson, claimed that Sharad Pawar’s remark meant that he would “sideline” Ajit Pawar.
“Even a child would understand that ‘turning the roti remark’ by Sharad Pawar means that he is suggesting a new leadership in the party. This means he will sideline Ajit Pawar,” Naresh Mhaske said.
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