Pune: BJP’s Harshvardhan Patil has kicked off his assembly poll preparations in Indapur by holding public meetings . He appears to have lost patience after no announcement was forthcoming from the Mahayuti about the seat. “Change in Indapur is imminent,” Patil said in a strong message to alliance partner and NCP leader Ajit Pawar , whose party holds the seat.
“I will meet my supporters to know their opinions and hold meeting with senior party leaders like Devendra Fadnavis before making a formal announcement of contesting from the Indapur seat,” he said. The constituency was his stronghold for decades before NCP's Datta Bharne defeated him in the 2014 and 2019 polls. After Ajit Pawar made clear his plans for the NCP to contest from Indapur, Patil said during the LS poll campaign, it was decided within the alliance that Fadnavis will make the final decision about the seat which Ajit Pawar accepted.
Patil also came down heavily on Datta Bharne, NCP’s sitting MLA from Indapur. Amid the friction, he said he was getting calls from other parties to join them. “I have not conveyed my decision as yet,” he said.
BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule had recently said the Indapur leader was free to leave the party if he wished to take that call, to which Patil said, “I do not know why he made such a statement.” We also published the following articles recently Change imminent, says Indapur BJP leader as he prepares for poll campaign BJP's Harshvardhan Patil has started his campaign in Indapur. Frustrated by the Mahayuti alliance's indecision on seat assignment, he criticizes NCP's Datta Bharne for delayed development.
Patil plans to gather opinions from supporters and consult leaders like Devendra Fadnavis before officially announcing his candidacy. Tensions escalate as Ajit Pawar claims the seat. Harshvardhan Patil meets Pawar, Fadnavis says BJP leader wont leave party Former BJP minister Harshvardhan Patil recently met NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar, sparking speculations about a party switch.
Patil is interested in contesting the Indapur assembly seat, and awaits Deputy CM Devendra Fadnaviss decision. Despite Ajit Pawar's ongoing campaign in the constituency, Patil denied holding any political discussions during the meeting. Photos of Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis missing from banners as Ajit Pawar launches projects in Pune During his visit to Pune to lay the foundation of development projects worth over Rs300 crore, Ajit Pawar faced criticism from former BJP MLA Jagdish Mulik over missing photos of CM Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on event banners.
Pawar clarified that local representatives and relevant ministers would be featured as per alliance agreement..
