A day after NCP founder Sharad Pawar withdrew from the Lok Sabha race and declared the candidature of his grand-nephew Parth from Maval instead, another grand-nephew, Rohit Pawar, demanded that the party boss review his decision. Rohit expressed his doubts firstly through a Facebook post, and then through an interaction with media persons in Pune.

This also gave credence to unconfirmed reports of fissures in the family, which has dominated state politics for five decades. After his daughter Supriya, Rohit is seen as Pawar senior's blue-eyed boy and the grand-uncle has encouraged him to build an Assembly constituency in Ahmednagar district.