Frequent meetings with Ajit tarnishing image of Sharad Pawar, says Shiv Sena (UBT)

The frequent meetings between NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar are tarnishing the image of senior Pawar the Shiv Sena UBT claimed on Monday reported news agency PTIIt is amusing to see Ajit Pawar is frequently meeting his uncle Sharad Pawar and the latter is also not avoiding it an editorial in the Shiv Sena UBT mouthpiece Saamana said reported PTIThere is a hunch that BJPs Chanakya is trying to create some confusion by sending Ajit to meet senior Pawar However such meetings tarnish the image of Sharad Pawar and it is not good it saidThe comments came two days after a secret meeting between Sharad Pawar and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar who is part of the Shiv SenaBJP government in Maharashtra and heads the group of rebel NCP MLAs at the residence of a businessman in Pune caused a flutterSharad Pawar whose NCP is an ally of the Shiv Sena UBT and Congress in the state on Sunday said his party will not go with the BJP though some wellwishers are trying to persuade him He also said there was nothing wrong if his nephew Ajit Pawar meets himThe editorial in Saamana said This daily game of creation of confusion has now gone beyond the minds of people The people have become numb to it because of the current political games reported PTIIt said Congress state president Nana Patole has described meetings between the Pawars as amusingWe would like to add to it by saying Ajit Pawars decision to join hands with the BJP in the Maharashtra government has made the biggest fun of Chief Minister Eknath Shindes faction the editorial saidNotably MLA Sanjay Shirsat who is Shindes supporter recently claimed the chief minister works for 24 hours and hence has fallen sickReferring to it the Marathi publication said Shinde works for 24 hours but it does not reflect anywhere in the state If he has lost his sleep from the fear of losing his post anytime it cannot be termed that he is working roundtheclockWhenever Shinde loses sleep he goes to his native place in Satara and takes some rest Ajit Pawar is being blamed for his illhealth it claimedShindes heartbeats have increased and his mind has been unstable since Ajit Pawar joined the government it further claimed adding that Ajit Pawars frequent meetings with Sharad Pawar also started hurting their Shinde factions little brainsIf Shirsats claims are true Shinde should be admitted to an ICU and kept away from meeting Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis or Ajit Pawar Shinde should be admitted to a good hospital in Mumbai or Thane the editorial said in sarcastic remarksThere should be a health bulletin released about his current condition it quippedIt also targeted former CM Fadnavis saying the one who said he would return to power is now currently working as the deputy of outsidersThe editorial further said nothing remains secret in the digital worldThe speculation over a possible change of guard in Maharashtra took place when Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the state some days back and Shindes illness worsened His faction should take this illness seriously it saidMaharashtra will rise from such malady but we make it clear that the state should not be taken as some kind of a fun it addedWith inputs from PTI