Pune: A little over two months after the Lok Sabha results, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said that fielding his wife Sunetra from Baramati against his cousin Supriya Sule was a mistake and he regretted it. Sule retained her seat with a victory margin of over 1.5 lakh votes over Sunetra.
He said, “Politics should be kept away from family ties. I made the mistake of nominating Sunetra against my cousin in Baramati. I should have avoided it.
The NCP parliamentary board had already decided [to nominate Sunetra] and it could not be reversed. But now I feel that it should not have happened in the first place.” The deputy chief minister was giving an interview to a news channel.
For the first time, the Pawars’ bastion of Baramati witnessed a political contest between two candidates from the Pawar family. We also published the following articles recently Fielding wife against cousin Sule was a mistake: Ajit Pawar Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar expressed regret for fielding his wife, Sunetra Pawar, against his cousin Supriya Sule in Baramati during the LS polls. He acknowledged the mistake, highlighting that political decisions should be kept separate from family ties.
Sunetra lost to Supriya by over 1.55 lakh votes but was later nominated to Rajya Sabha. 'I made a mistake .
.. ': Ajit Pawar repents 'Pawar vs Pawar' contest in Baramati Ajit Pawar expressed regret over fielding his wife Sunetra against his cousin Supriya Sule in Baramati during the 2024 Lok Sabha .