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Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar at the meeting of his faction of NCP leaders in Mumbai said , “I want to become Maharashtra chief minister to implement certain plans I have for people’s welfare.”
“In the 2004 Vidhan Sabha election, NCP had more MLAs than Congress. Had we not given Chief Minister post to Congress at that time, till date, Maharashtra would have had a chief minister only from Nationalist Congress Party.
“In 2017 too, we had a meeting at Varsha Bungalow. On the orders of the senior leaders of the party, Chhagan Bhujbal, Jayant Patel, I and several others had gone there. Several leaders from BJP were also there. There were discussions among us over cabinet portfolio allocation and positions of Guardian Ministers. But later our party took a step back.”
Taking a dig at at Sharad Pawar, the Maharashtra Dy CM said, “In BJP, leaders retire at 75, when are you going to stop,” Ajit Pawar said, speaking at the meeting convened by him in suburban Bandra as a show of strength.
Surrounded by party workers, including 32 of NCP’s 53 MLAs, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday reminded his 83-year-old uncle Sharad Pawar that it was time for him to retire.
“Everybody has his innings. The most productive years are from 25 to 75 years,” 63-year-old Ajit Pawar said.
However, he called Sharad Pawar as ‘our deity’ and said his faction sought Pawar’s blessings. Ajit Pawar said BJP came to power in 2014 only due to Narendra Modi’s charisma.
