Party to decide whether Jay Pawar will contest from Baramati seat: Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said that it was for his party to decide whether his son Jay Pawar will contest from the Baramati constituency in the Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024 reported the PTIThe Nationalist Congress Party NCP chief who has been representing the constituency in Pune district of Maharashtra for the last many terms also said he was not interested in contesting elections anymore according to the PTIBut state NCP chief Sunil Tatkare later said that Ajit Pawar did not say that he would not contest the coming Maharashtra Assembly electionsSpeaking to reporters Ajit Pawar was replying to the question whether Jay will be fielded from Baramati as demanded by his supportersIt is democracy I am not interested in that contesting elections as I have contested seven or eight elections If the people and supporters think so the NCP parliamentary board will discuss it he said as per the PTIIf the parliamentary board and people felt that Jay should be fielded the NCP was ready to field him Ajit Pawar further said the PTI reportedNotably his elder son Parth Pawar had contested the Maval Lok Sabha seat in 2019 but lost by a heavy marginAsked if he would celebrate Raksha Bandhan with his cousin and rival NCP Sharadchandra Pawar MP Supriya Sule Ajit Pawar said that he was currently on a state tour and would meet all his sisters in some placeIf Supriya Sule happens to be where I am I will meet her he added as per the PTIAjit Pawar also sought to debunk media reports about differences between him and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde saying that both were working together successfullyWomen in the state are happy as the first instalment Rs 1500 under the Ladki Bahin scheme has been credited into the accounts of 35 lakh women Pawar saidAsked about his recent remark that it was a mistake to field his wife Sunetra against Supriya Sule in Baramati Lok Sabha seat Pawar said he had already talked about itI am not someone who makes comments directed at some person I speak whatever comes to my mind and there is no need to do dissection he saidElsewhere Maharashtra NCP chief Sunil Tatkare claimed that Ajit Pawar did not state that he would not contest the coming electionsAjit Pawar did not say that he would not contest electionshe could have some plans We want to win as many seats as possible Sunil Tatkare told reportersNotably Rohit Pawar an NCP SP MLA from KarjatJamkhed and grandnephew of Sharad Pawar had recently claimed that someone from the family who is close to Ajit Pawar could be fielded against himThe Mahayuti coalition of BJP Shiv Sena and NCP is going to field candidates in my constituency to split votes It was speculated that Ajit Pawar was under pressure to field someone from the family against Supriya Sule Now a similar strategy is being drawn up in my assembly constituency he had said the news agency reportedwith PTI inputs