Stop, retire and give us blessings: Ajit Pawar takes jibe at NCP chief Sharad Pawar

Mumbai, 05th July 2023: Ajit Pawar, who staged a revolt against his uncle and NCP chief Sharad Pawar, appeared to question the 83-year-old’s leadership of the party he now wants to lead.

“In other parties, leaders retire after an age. In BJP, leaders retire at 75; when are you going to stop? You should also give new people a chance. If we make mistakes, tell us. Your age is 83, will you ever stop or not? You give us blessings,” he remarked, praising 29 of the party’s 53 MLAs.

Without identifying his cousin and MP Supriya Sule, Sharad Pawar’s daughter, whose promotion as NCP working president was perceived as a blow to him, Ajit Pawar asked, “Is it our fault that we weren’t born into a powerful family?”

Supriya Sule responded at Sharad Pawar’s parallel rally, where 14 MLAs attended. “Disrespect us, not our father,” she retorted.

Ajit Pawar also accused his uncle of ignoring the party’s desire to join hands with the BJP last year when Eknath Shinde conducted a similar movement in Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena.