Nationalist Congress Party MP from Shirur Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra, Amol Kolhe, on Tuesday said criticism by deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who heads the rival faction of the party, shows that his stand to remain with Sharad Pawar was correct.

Kolhe met Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar at his residence in Pune a day ahead of launching a morcha on farmers' issues, newswire PTI reported.