Mobilenews24x7 Bureau
Sharad Pawar has remained in Indian politics as one of the master-stroke players in the times of crises staring at him.
His resignation was in fact a master-stroke shot which he aimed at his own mentee Ajit Pawar, who has proved himself as a perpetual problem creator but little knowing that he was dealing with a man who has outsmarted many rivals.
It must have been a pain for the senior Pawar when he realized that the rebellion was rising from within the family and soon he took the guard and played it on the face of Ajit by garnering more support and allegiance to his captaincy than before.
Regardless of whatever Ajit Pawar had in his arsenal to protect himself, but he got exposed when rest a litany of NCP leaders rallied behind Sharad Pawar and forced him to withdraw the resignation thus flooring Ajit Pawar on his face.
Ajit & Co shown their place
He has shown his nephew and the latter’s family their place. No matter whatever support of NCP MLAS he claimed to have with to destabilize the empire of Sharad Pawar.
Since almost ten years Ajit has been flapping his wings for a fly up but Sharad Pawar had never made it clear who after him and that must have added to Ajit’s woes.
On the contrary, he has added more competition to Ajit not just from others in the party but also from within the family, the latest, apart from his daughter Supriya Sule , being his great nephew Rohit Pawar.
Barely three days back, reports from Mumbai said that Ajit, mentioning no names, had expressed displeasure by stating obliquely that sometimes it was advisable for elders to step aside and make way for a younger generation
Ajit failed then also
Ajit Pawar had rebelled again in 2014 just before the Assembly elections but that rebellion was papered over by the necessity of the polls. The biggest instance was in 2019 when he had had himself sworn in as deputy chief minister along with Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister— but then the handful of MLAs present at his swearing-in soon hurried back to Sharad Pawar’s side when they realised the move did not have the latter’s blessing. Ajit was left with no choice but to slink back into the party again.
Sadly, Ajit loses out every time to his uncle. He may have many loyalists within his uncle’s party but even they recognise that none of them can win an election without the senior Pawar’s blessing. Pawar continues to be the singular vote catcher, not just for the NCP but also the Congress.
