Ajit Pawar hints to field candidate against Supriya Sule in Baramati

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday sounded the election bugle against Baramati MP Supriya Sule and hinted at fielding a candidate against her in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 reported news agency ANIThe Baramati Lok Sabha segment has traditionally been a bastion of Sharad Pawar and his daughter Supriya Sule however Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar announced his intent to field a candidate against her in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024Ajit Pawar also said that only if his candidate wins against Supriya Sule he will contest the Assembly elections from Baramati and urged voters to vote for the development of the constituency reported ANIAjit Pawar said that he would field a candidate who has not contested an election earlier but that person would have the support of those with ample experience reported ANISince the formation of Maharashtra state and the commencement of elections till date it has never happened in Baramati that the deposit of opposition candidate was not forfeited And I am proud of it Ajit Pawar said on Friday reported ANIHe further urged the people to show their love and said People will come to you and ask for your votes on emotional issues but it is up to you to decide whether you will vote on emotional grounds or to continue development work and for the welfare of your future generations reported ANIIn a veiled attack on Sule he said Those who work are bound to face allegations Those who do not work are bound to remain clean reported ANIMaharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar backed his decision to declare the Deputy CM Ajit Pawarled faction as the real NCP on Thursday by saying that no stand in the decision is unconstitutional or arbitraryInteracting with the media a day after making the decision Rahul Narwekar said This decision is very clear A copy of the decision has been provided to the parties No stand in this decision is unconstitutional or arbitrary The stand has been justified Reasons for the same have been stated So I think there is no need to further analyse such a tenable and justified decision reported ANIHowever the Maharashtra Speakers decision has been criticised by the UBT faction of the Shiv Sena termed it a comedy showEarlier the Election Commission also allotted the Ajit Pawarled faction the party name and symbolNarwekar held that Ajit Pawars assertion about vote share is not disputed by the Sharad Pawar faction and the matter of the legislative majority is also undisputedNarwekar further dismissed the Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar factions pleas to disqualify MLAs after a vertical split in the party in June 2023On February 6 the Election Commission while applying the test of majority in the legislative wing ruled that Ajit Pawars faction was the real NCP and permitted the faction to use the clock symbol for the partyWith inputs from ANI