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<\/div>\nAjit Pawar’s comments had drawn sharp criticism from the Sharad Pawar camp. (FILE)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday said his statement about the “sentimental appeal of a last election”, which had come under fire from the Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP, was misinterpreted.<\/p>\n
Addressing a gathering in Baramati on Sunday, the deputy Chief Minister said, “I do not know when some people are going to stop. There might be a sentimental appeal that this would be the last election. Do not know which will be the last election.” The remarks were seen as a jibe at 83-year-old Sharad Pawar.<\/p>\n
Hitting back, MLA Jitendra Awhad of the Sharad Pawar faction had claimed the deputy Chief Minister had “crossed all limits of decency” with his remarks.<\/p>\n
“Ajit Pawar must think about his inhuman comments in which he allegedly prayed for the death of Sharad Pawar. Maharashtra now knows what kind of a man Ajit Pawar is,” Mr Awhad said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Taking to microblogging site X on Monday, Ajit Pawar said, “What I said yesterday has been misinterpreted. From the very beginning, when the NCP was together, I have always said senior leaders should think about physical exertion and take care of their health. I had expressed this opinion before.”<\/p>\n
Without naming Awhad, he continued, “But some people try to use senior leaders for their own politics. They will not know these things. I have been expressing my feelings about them from time to time but some people have a habit of twisting things but I do not care about such dramatic people.” Ajit Pawar said he had written this post as “common people should know my feelings”.<\/p>\n
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