After Ajit Pawar, nephew of Sharad Pawar joining the BJP Shiv SENA government with eight other MLAs sworn in as ministers and Pawar claiming the support of 35 to 40 MLAs the war between both Uncle and nephew has increased further with the latter having made himself the party chief of NCP and approached the election Commission for party symbol ‘ Clock” and seeking the official recognition. Meanwhile, Sharad Pawar strongly retorted to the remarks of Ajit Pawar about his growing old attaining 82 years of age and that he should retire from active politics. Sharad retaliated that he may grow 92 but will always be active and nobody could stop him in active politics. There are also reports of disenchantment coming in in both the Maharashtra Shiv SENA and BJP MLAs over the entry of NCP MLAs in the new government giving them deputy CM ship as well as 8 ministerial slots. There are also reports of the Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Fadnavis meeting separately and discussing the issue threadbare. Reports termed as rumours are also doing the rounds of the Maharashtra CM being changed etc. NCP supremo Sharad Pawar who is in Delhi with some of his MLAs held its central council meeting in Delhi and also met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who assured him his party’s full support. Earlier Mrs Sonia Gandhi, and several other opposition leaders like M. K. Stalin, Mamta Bannerjee, Rahul Gandhi had telephonically contacted Sharad Pawar and assured him of their fullest support. On the other hand the Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde who had two days, ago cut short his Nagpur visit in which president Murmu was the chief guest to meet his MLAs reportedly dissatisfied – has termed the news of the new Maharashtra CM being sworn in as mere rumours and figment of imagination. Sharad Pawar claiming himself to be the real NCP president and his faction to be the original NCP said symbol doesn’t really matter but standing and credibility of a leader.
