Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Senior leader Ajit Pawar on Saturday said that party president Sharad Pawar will not contest the upcoming 2019 Loksabha elections.

Putting to rest speculations that Pawar will contest from Pune Lok Sabha seat Ajit Pawar while addressing the media here said, "Sharad Pawar remains our supreme leader. He is 78 years old now and he feels that he shouldn't contest in Lok Sabha polls. Some party workers in Pune had requested him to contest in the polls but he told them clearly that he won't contest any election and his name should not be proposed from any seat. He has also asked party workers about the name of any other candidate that they may have in mind."