Mumbai: After a quick stint as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister in 2019 beneath a BJP authorities, NCP chief Ajit Pawar is again to the submit by splitting the social gathering, in a surprising flip occasions within the state politics. Pawar, who was additionally the deputy CM within the earlier Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities, which was in energy from November 2019 to June 2022, enjoys the picture of a grassroot chief and an in a position administrator, who is thought to be politically bold.
The 63-year-old chief, who is thought to be politically bold and converse his thoughts, took oath because the deputy CM of Maharashtra on Sunday for the third time since 2019, capping months of intense hypothesis about his subsequent political transfer.
Ajit Pawar, who’s the son of NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s elder brother late Anant Pawar, not too long ago appealed to the social gathering management to alleviate him of the accountability of chief of the opposition within the Maharashtra Assembly and assign him a task within the social gathering organisation.
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Ajit Pawar scripted historical past in 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls
In the 2019 meeting elections, Ajit Pawar was re-elected from Baramati Assembly constituency with the best margin of greater than 1.65 lakh votes within the state.
In November 2019, Ajit Pawar had been sworn in because the deputy CM for the shortest time period as the federal government led by BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis, which took oath in a hush-hush ceremony within the Raj Bhawan, lasted simply 80 hours.
He once more grew to become the deputy chief minister within the MVA authorities led by Thackeray and remained within the place for two-and- half years, until the alliance authorities collapsed in June final yr.
Earlier, Ajit Pawar additionally served as deputy CM throughout the 15-year tenure of Congress-NCP authorities beneath Ashok Chavan and Prithviraj Chavan.
Apart from dealing with finance portfolio within the Congress-NCP and MVA governments, Ajit Pawar has additionally dealt with water sources and energy departments.
Ajit Pawar made his foray into politics in 1982
Ajit Pawar made his foray into politics in 1982 as member on the board of a cooperative sugar manufacturing unit. He was elected as chairman of the Pune District Cooperative Bank in 1991 and remained on the submit for a few years.
He was elected as an MP from Baramati in 1991, however vacated the submit for uncle Sharad Pawar, who grew to become defence minister within the Narasimha Rao authorities. Later, Ajit Pawar was elected as MLA from Baramati and went on to signify the constituency for six phrases.
He first grew to become the minister of state for agriculture and energy within the Sudharkarrao Naik authorities and later a cupboard minister in 1999.
Ajit Pawar’s involvement in Rs 70,000 crore irrigation rip-off
Ajit Pawar ‘s shut aides and members of the family have been dealing with investigations by the Enforcement Directorate and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of their sugar cooperative items.
In 2014, Devendra Fadnavis who was within the opposition, highlighted Ajit Pawar’s alleged involvement within the Rs 70,000 crore irrigation rip-off. It was throughout Ajit Pawar’s tenure as water sources minister that allegations of irregularities surfaced in irrigation initiatives within the state.
In May this yr, earlier than Sharad Pawar introduced his resolution to stop because the social gathering chief, solely to withdraw it later, Ajit Pawar visited Delhi to satisfy the BJP management.
As per sources, Supriya Sule’s elevation within the social gathering expedited Ajit Pawar’s resolution to hitch the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance.
(*4*)Ajit Pawar’s recent defiance of his uncle has led to questions over the way forward for the NCP, which not too long ago celebrated 24 years of its basis.
Recently, Maharashtra’s Deputy CM Fadnavis and Sharad Pawar had been engaged in a disagreement.
Sharad Pawar spoke of throwing a “googly” on Fadnavis over the 2019 hush-hush swearing in ceremony. But now, with the break up within the NCP, Fadnavis appears to have delivered a ‘yorker’.
