Pawar to Raut: Don't mix local politics with India’s global anti-terror efforts

NCP SP president Sharad Pawar on Monday virtually snubbed Sanjay Raut advising him against bringing local level politics in Indias global outreach efforts a day after the Shiv Sena UBT leader called for boycotting the Centres move to send delegations to various countries reported news agency PTIPawar recalled that he was a member of a delegation sent by former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao to the UN under the leadership of BJP leader Atal Bihari VajpayeeAddressing the media in Baramati the former defence minister said When the international issues crop up the partylevel politics should be shunned Today the Centre has formed some delegations and they have been assigned to go to some countries and put forth Indias stand about the Pahalgam attack and the subsequent activities from Pakistan reported PTINotably Raut on Sunday said INDIA bloc constituents should have boycotted the Union governments move to send allparty delegations to different countries claiming they will defend the sins and crimes committed by the governmentPawar said Raut has the right to make his own opinionBut I can see one member from his party SenaUBT is part of the delegation I feel locallevel politics should not be brought into this issue he saidThe opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA in Maharashtra comprises Shiv Sena UBT Congress and Sharad Pawarled Nationalist Congress Party NCPFiftyone political leaders parliamentarians and former ministers cutting across party lines will be part of the seven delegations travelling to world capitals to put across Indias resolve to tackle terrorism against the backdrop of Operation SindoorNCP SP working president and Baramati MP Supriya Sule is part of one of the delegations while Priyanka Chaturvedi is representing Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv SenaAsked about the opposition to the proposed Purandar Airport by some farmers who refused to part with their land for the project Pawar said he would try to resolve the issue by convening a meeting of local representatives from the regionHe noted that the land at some of these villages came under irrigation through a lift irrigation scheme when he was the chief ministerThe farmland in these villages is fertile for horticulture and sugarcane and hence locals dont wish to give their land for the project My efforts will be to resolve the issue by convening a meeting of local representatives from the region Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule and the chief minister We hope to find a solution to save this irrigated fertile region he said reported PTILocals opposing the project met Pawar in Pune on Sunday and raised concerns about inadequate compensation displacement and environmental damageOne of the villagers who met Pawar said the senior leader dialled NCP chief and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar also the guardian minister of Pune district and enquired about the situationOn May 3 violence broke out during drone surveys across seven villages identified for the international airport More than 25 policemen and several villagers were injured in the clashesWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params