Ajit Pawar, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, sent out a message to voters in Baramati on Tuesday, asking them to support his wife in the Lok Sabha elections. He also pointed out that Baramati voters had already elected his uncle Sharad Pawar’s daughter three times, so now it was time to elect his daughter-in-law.
In the Pune district’s Baramati Lok Sabha seat, Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate, is running against her sister-in-law and current Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule, who is the daughter of Sharad Pawar. Sule is the NCP’s (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate.
The Pawar family’s hometown is Baramati, where Ajit Pawar is an MLA.
“…You have been with the Pawars for so long, but now there must be some thought about what to do (in Lok Sabha polls) as there are two candidates from the same family. You must be wondering whom to support, whom to vote for. It is simple, as you have been with the Pawars for so long, just go and vote for (another) Pawar (referring to Sunetra Pawar),” he said.
The deputy CM, who heads the ruling NCP, was speaking at a programme of party workers in Baramati.
By voting for (Sunetra) Pawar, people won’t be breaking the tradition of supporting the family, said the deputy CM.
“Recall the 1991 Lok Sabha elections when you elected the son, meaning me. Later, you elected the father, meaning Pawar Saheb, and after that you voted for the daughter, meaning Supriya Sule, for three consecutive terms. Now, just go and elect the daughter-in-law (Sunetra Pawar). Everything will be balanced,” he remarked.
The NCP leader continued, “Everyone will be happy by doing this—son, father, daughter, and daughter-in-law.”
Taking jabs at his relatives and cousins who are currently against him and supporting Sharad Pawar, the deputy chief minister claimed that none of his cousins ever ran an election on his behalf.
“But now all are working. You (cousins) did not feel like working for me when I contested elections. Are you going to work after this election? There will only be Ajit Pawar and his party workers and no one will be there. Their (family members) work is temporary. They are like mushrooms that grow in rains but after polls, all these mushrooms will go on foreign trips,” he quipped.
Ajit Pawar said he is exercising restraint while speaking, but if he decides to speak openly, it would be difficult for many of these people to move in public or show their faces.
“Do not force me to open my mouth,” he warned his family detractors.
Elections to the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra will be held in five phases from April 19 to May 20. In Baramati, polling will be held on May 7.
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