Sharad Pawar refutes Ajit Pawar’s statement of ‘political earthquake’

Mumbai (IANS) | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday dismissed speculation that his nephew Ajit Pawar would bring about a new “political earthquake” by joining hands with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). When asked by media persons, Pawar said, there is no truth in Ajit Pawar’s statement, he has not called any meeting of MLAs today, we all are working unitedly to strengthen NCP.

Amid reports claiming support of at least 40 NCP MLAs for Ajit Pawar, Pawar said, “What is in your mind is not in our thoughts.”

Earlier in the day, Leader of the Opposition (Assembly) Ajit Pawar also termed all the talks as “false”, while his cousin and MP Supriya Sule refused to speak on the issue.

Other senior party leaders have also repeatedly scoffed at the speculation on the issue over the past few days.

Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders like Congress state president Nana Patole and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader of opposition (council) Ambadas Danve have also expressed full confidence that Ajit Pawar will not resort to any such political stunts at this juncture. Can take

Some leaders have accused the BJP of deliberately trying to split the opposition and try to divert attention from its failures on various fronts.

–IANS