Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut criticized Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) leader Chhagan Bhujbal for his statement that Sharad Pawar wanted to go with the Bharatiya Janata Party after making his daughter Supriya Sule the party's president, stated a report in ANI. 

In May this year, Sharad Pawar resigned from the post of NCP president but later withdrew his resignation. According to Chhagan Bhujbal, Pawar resigned to pave the way for Supriya Sule to become the party's president.