Ajit Pawar holds show of strength in Sharad Pawar's bastion of Baramati after split in NCP

NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Saturday received a grand welcome in Baramati which is his assembly constituency and also the pocket borough of party chief Sharad Pawar on his first visit after joining the BJPShiv Sena government in Maharashtra and parting ways with his uncleAjit Pawar clad in a white kurta pyjama and wearing a matching turban was showered with flowers and presented a huge garland He led the roadshow in a vehicle and received people with folded hands en route to the venue of the rally where he was felicitatedSpeaking on the occasion Ajit Pawar said the only reason he joined the BJPShiv Sena government was for the development of the state and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for implementing multiple projects in the countryIn a surprise move Ajit Pawar was sworn in as deputy chief minister last month while eight MLAs of the Nationalist Congress Party took oath as ministersI will not break the faith of Barmatikars The only reason I joined the government of Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis was for the development of Maharashtra I never wanted to insult anybody ever I just accepted the reality he said without taking names while addressing the rallyDuring his speech he said there is no other leader in the country like PM Modi who is working hardIndia accepted Jawaharlal Nehruji for his leadership People also loved Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee for their qualities Manmohan Singh ji served as the prime minister for ten years but he spoke less Now Modiji is working hard he saidAjit Pawar also said he had criticised PM Modi in the past but later saw multiple projects and developments happening in the country I want to appreciate Modiji he addedHe said the Nationalist Congress Party founded by his uncle Sharad Pawar could have got the chief ministers post back in 2004 But I do not want to go deep and talk about that topicEven Sonia Gandhi had told late Vilasrao Deshmukh that NCP has more number of seats than Congress but still we didnt make it to the CMs post Also Uddhav Thackeray could have given the CMs post for 25 years but let it be I do not want to comment anything more I assure you that Ill do justice to the post of Deputy Chief Minister of the state he addedInterestingly Uddhav Thackeray had snapped ties with old ally BJP after the 2019 assembly elections alleging that the BJP reneged on the promise of sharing the CMs post with Shiv Sena then undivided He later joined hands with the NCP and Congress to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi government Ajit Pawar was deputy CM in the erstwhile governmentCurrently we are working to provide better facilities to the people of Baramati Many schemes are coming through the Prime Minister which will prove effective for the state Work on roads gardens and overbridges is currently going on I want to make Baramati a clean and neat city Ajit Pawar saidThe Baramati MLA said he never witnessed such a grand welcome in his lifeNotably the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency is represented by Ajit Pawars cousin sister Supriya Sule daughter of Sharad PawarOn Friday NCP chief Sharad Pawar caused a flutter when he said there was no split in his party and Ajit Pawar is its leader only to deny his statement a few hours laterThis 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 without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever