Baramati must get MLA other than me so that people can compare my work: Ajit Pawar

NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar

NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said he was satisfied with the development work he had carried out as a legislator, adding that people of Baramati for once must get an MLA other than him so that they could make comparisons. Baramatikars once should get someone other than me as an MLA. They can then make comparison between me and the new MLA.” He also said he had never supported those who made discordant statements and had always condemned such remarks.

Ajit Pawar has been MLA of Baramati since 1991, with his victory in the 2019 assembly polls, over the BJP’s Gopichand Padalkar, coming with a record margin of 1.65 lakh votes.Speaking at an event in his assembly constituency, he said, ”We have done all round development in Baramati.

The NCP led by Ajit Pawar suffered a severe drubbing in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, losing three of the four constituencies, including Baramati, it had contested. In contrast, the Sharad Pawar-led faction won eight out of the 10 seats it contested.

Ajit Pawar has also said he experienced it and has already admitted his mistake, an apparent reference to the contest between his wife Sunetra and cousin Supriya Sule in the recent Lok Sabha polls.

This is the second time in less than a month that NCP leader Pawar publicly admitted he had made a mistake by fielding his wife against NCP (SP) leader Sule, the daughter of his uncle Sharad Pawar, and noted politics should not enter the home. The "admission" of mistake came against the backdrop of poor performance by the NCP, one of the constituents of the Mahayuti alliance in the state, in its maiden general elections after a split in the party.