During the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 campaign launch for Nilesh Lanke, the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate for the Ahmednagar Lok Sabha seat, NCP (SP) state unit president Jayant Patil took a veiled shot at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, criticising the pursuit of power at any cost.

Patil, campaigning in Pathardi, Ahmednagar district, warned against surrendering ideals for power, referring to Ajit Pawar's decision to join the Shiv Sena-led government in July after leaving the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), reported PTI.