A day after Ajit Pawar met his uncle Sharad Pawar in New Delhi, a prominent member of the Pawar family said that the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party should come together to respect the sentiment of the party workers from both sides.

Sharad Pawar’s grandnephew and his party’s MLA Rohit Pawar’s mother, Sunanda Pawar told the media persons in Pune that she personally seconded the party workers’ wish that unity happens. Rohit is a two-time MLA from Karjat-Jamkhed. He won narrowly this year, following which Ajit indicated that the fact that he stayed away from campaigning in Karjat-Jamkhed helped his nephew win. BJP’s candidate Ram Shinde blamed his defeat on a tacit understanding between the Pawars.