‘BJP wants Ajit Pawar to rope in Sharad Pawar’ says Congress, Supriya Sule responds

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Days after a ‘secret meeting’ between Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit Pawar ignited a buzz in the Maharashtra political circle, Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Wednesday claimed that PM Modi set a condition before the nephew that he should rope in Sharad Pawar if he wanted to become the chief minister.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told Ajit Pawar that if he wants his dream of becoming the chief minister to come true, then he should get Sharad Pawar on their side… And that is why Ajit Pawar seems to be repeatedly meeting Sharad Pawar and making desperate pleas,” Wadettiwar told reporters.

NCP leader Supriya Sule denied knowledge of any such development and said that she has not received any offer from the BJP. The Shiv Sena (UBT) also denied the news.

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“I have no clue about all this…,” Supriya Sule told The Indian Express. “I am too busy with my constituency work. Pawar saheb has already replied to such claims. He has already spoken about this… He is independent, he is capable of defending himself,” Sule added.

On being asked if she was happy the BJP was making such offers, Sule said, “I am ambivalent. I am indifferent because nobody has made any offers to me.”

Sanjay Raut, the chief spokesperson for Shiv Sena (UBT), said, “Who is Ajit Pawar to make an offer to Sharad Pawar? He is nobody. He won’t dare make any such offer.”

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Meanwhile, Sunil Tatkare from the Ajit Pawar-led NCP rubbished the claims as “ridiculous”. “I don’t want to talk about what the two leaders discussed as it is their family