Former Dy CM Ajit Pawar’s wife, Sunetra, was forced to leave Dhekalwadi village in Baramati yesterday, after villagers accosted her and began shouting slogans against the party
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In a shocking incident yesterday, former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s wife, Sunetra, was heckled by villagers during a visit to Dhekalwadi village in Baramati, well-known as the home ground of the Pawar family and the NCP. Sunetra was in the village to support her husband’s election campaign, but her visit was cut short when villagers began shouting anti-NCP slogans, forcing her to leave immediately.
Villagers confronted and questioned a visibly discomfited Sunetra Pawar in Dhekalwadi, Baramati, yesterday
Baramati tehsil and the Pawar family (NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar and MP Supriya Sule) have long been thought to go hand in hand, and local citizens had faithfully elected the family and the NCP to power for the past 47 years. Which is why, it is unthinkable that a Pawar could meet with such hostile reception there.
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After NCP workers allegedly beat up the group, the villagers began to protest against the party, chanting anti-NCP slogans
Rashtriya Samaj Party leader, Kishor Masal, who witnessed the incident, said, “As soon as she entered the village, around fifty youths blocked her way and asked her why local problems had not been solved by the NCP leaders. The youths also shared their grievance that NCP office bearers did not allow them to meet Ajit Pawar, who they thought could solve their problems,” Masal said.
Once the group began questioning her, a few more joined in and asked her why the NCP did not try to help the Dhangar (shepherd) community. They asked her why none of the party’s leaders had visited them when they were on a hunger strike in
Pune a few months ago, demanding reservation for the community.
“When Pawar (Sunetra) couldn’t reply to their questions, the NCP workers who were accompanying her started abusing and beating the villagers. The villagers then began shouting slogans against the party,” said Masal, adding that instead of taking action against the party workers, the police arrested one of the protestors.
Masal said that the villagers had not attacked or hurt Sunetra in any way, except to ask her questions and protest against the party. “Pawar was not manhandled, and she left the spot as soon as the villagers started questioning her,” Masal told mid-day.
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