Pune: Tension between BJP leader Harshvardhan Patil and Ajit Pawar's NCP continues to escalate in Indapur as the assembly election nears. In a fresh episode, Patil expressed his disappointment after his name was missing from a development project event to be inaugurated by deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in Indapur on Friday. “Except mine, names of almost all the office-bearers of a party (NCP) are on the cornerstone of the development project.
There is no invitation to me. I am not bothered as the people know my contribution to the tehsil,” Patil said. Patil and Ajit Pawar are old rivals.
In 2019, Ajit Pawar had ensured Patil’s defeat from the Indapur assembly seat. After the changed political equations following Pawar's entry into the Mahayuti alliance, his party had requested other BJP leaders to convince Patil to help Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra in her LS election campaign. “During the LS poll, they wanted help from my supporters.
Matters have changed in three months and they are not respecting my supporters any more," Patil, a former cabinet minister, said. In a message to NCP, Patil organised his birthday celebration on Wednesday. "My supporters want me to win the seat and I respect their feelings.
I am waiting for the seat-sharing talks," Patil said. Sitting NCP MLA Datta Bharne said that no decision on a candidate for the seat has been taken so far. On Patil’s claim, Bharne said, “His supporters feel that he should get the ticket and my supporters want me nominated.
The top leadership will decide the candidate. If he gets the ticket, I will campaigning for him." We also published the following articles recently Political tension brews in Indapur between BJP leader & NCP As assembly elections near in Indapur, tensions between BJP leader Harshvardhan Patil and Ajit Pawar's NCP rise.
Patil expressed anger over being excluded from a development project event. He hinted at contesting independently while both factions await leadership's decision on candidate selection. They stress the importance of seat-sharing talks and mutual campaign support.
Political tension brews in Indapur betweeen BJP leader & NCP BJP leader Harshvardhan Patil and Ajit Pawar's NCP are facing escalating tensions in Indapur as the assembly election approaches. Patil voiced his dissatisfaction over being excluded from a recent development project event. In response, he showcased his support during a birthday celebration and awaits seat-sharing negotiations among alliance partners.
Had to go with Ajit Pawar as my bank faced troubles: NCP MLA NCP MLA Rajendra Shingne said that due to issues faced by a cooperative bank he was involved with, he had to side with Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar after the NCP split. The government subsequently allocated Rs 300 crore to the bank. Shingne expressed continued respect for NCP's Sharad Pawar during a recent event in Wardha.
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