Sharad Pawar pens an emotional letter for his late mother Shardabai

Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar has penned an emotional letter to his mother the late Shardabai Govindrao Pawar revealing how he pines for her even today several years after her demiseLike a doting but obedient son the 79yearold leader in the letter penned on the eve Diwali first said Sorry for the late letter and explained how the past year had been very stressful in the twopage letterView this post on InstagramA post shared by Sharad Pawar pawarspeaksFirst it was the Lok Sabha elections mid2019 and the Maharashtra Assembly elections end2019The UPA did not succeed in the Lok Sabha elections Pawar saidThen his party was in trouble when some close senior colleagues deserted it and within the next few months the big challenge of winning the Assembly elections came up But you had given me the mantra to fight tirelessly so there was no question of exhaustion or giving up Pawar said He recalled how she lost one leg because of a bull attack but she persistently lived her life and also engaged in public serviceIt was on the strength of that inspiration that I decided to rise again and travelled extensively to the remotest corners of Maharashtra I felt a surge of new youthful energy I even braved the heavy rains during my Satara rally October 18 2019 which seeped into the peoples soul and translated as votes New political equations were formed and our Shiv SenaNCPCongress government took office When it took oath I remembered how you guided me before I filed the nomination papers for my firstever election Pawar pennedThough the political turmoil of 2019 subsided he said in early 2020 the Coronavirus pandemic gripped the state He recalled how way back in 1935 Shardabai was elected to the First District Local Board and left a deep impression on him while handling the dual responsibilities of public life in the Board and on the domestic frontYou travelled long distances often lugging the little babies on your side Knowingly or unknowingly all these qualities were imbibed in me which enabled me to perform satisfactorily in my public life said a grateful PawarThough he was influenced by the ideology of Mahatma GandhiPandit Jawaharlal NehruYashwantrao Chavans Congress Pawar complimented Shardabai for never imposing your political views on me and credited her for teaching him how there should be harmony despite political differencesOn my 75th birthday celebrations the Hon President current and former Prime Ministers and leaders of all parties set aside their political differences to remain present At that time your image was before my eyes Pawar said of the 2015 eventThe NCP chief said how Shardabais advice to work hard for the common good giving equal justice to both family and social responsibilities helped the Pawar clan to succeed on all fronts now among the top political families of the stateYou gave us full freedom to choose our path as per our desires yet constantly kept a close watch whether we studied properly in Pune colleges who were our friendspeers what were our interests etc he saidShardabais hard work for her 11 children paid off well The eldest son Vasantrao Pawar became a lawyer Appasaheb Pawar acquired a degree in agriculture Anantrao Pawar made his mark in arts and farming Bapusaheb voyaged in a ship to London became an engineer and worked there Suryakantrao Pawar went to Baroda and became an architect while the youngest Prataprao Pawar became a businessman and a newspaper baron the sisters were also well educated and are established in their respective livesYou did so much for us But we siblings have a complaint about you It was your dream that one day I would become the leader of Maharashtra but were not present when I was swornin as the Chief Minister Not even when Appasaheb and Prataprao were conferred Padma Shri now when the government of India honoured me with a Padma Vibhushan Pawar said with a tinge of emotion in his wordsNevertheless he recalled how even today Shardabais memories are fresh in the mind how he still missed her and even though she didnt display her affections it was there for her kidsBai Even your grandchildren are making waves in different fields I am sure you must be proud of usWe follow your tradition of the annual Diwali gettogether in Diwali but we miss you very much today Pawar said longinglySigning off as only Sharad the NCP chief urged her to take care of herself and his revered father Aba GovindraoKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove 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