Ajit Pawar, a veteran politician and multiple-time Deputy Chief Minister, has lengthy aspired to turn out to be Maharashtra’s Chief Minister – a purpose that also stays unfulfilled. Nevertheless, after Maharashtra meeting polls outcomes on Saturday, the 65-year-old has efficiently damaged away from his uncle’s affect and has firmly established his personal identification in state politics.
The Ajit Pawar-led NCP defeated the NCP (SP) headed by his uncle, Sharad Pawar, by successful 29 seats. This victory strengthened Ajit Pawar’s place within the Mahayuti alliance, as he not solely led his social gathering to a major win but in addition secured his personal seat with a big margin. Marking a pointy turnaround from the social gathering’s Lok Sabha efficiency, Ajit Pawar’s faction received 41 out of complete 59 seats it contested.
Doubts have been raised over his political judgment earlier this 12 months when he fielded his spouse, Sunetra Pawar, in opposition to his cousin Supriya Sule, daughter of NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar in Baramati through the Lok Sabha elections. After Sunetra’s defeat, Ajit admitted that it was a misstep to pit her in opposition to his cousin.
Regardless of this setback, Ajit Pawar has managed to carry onto the Baramati meeting constituency, a household stronghold, whilst Sharad Pawar campaigned aggressively in opposition to him. Ajit defeated his nephew Yugendra Pawar of NCP (SP) from Baramati with an enormous margin by 1,00,899 votes.
Ajit Pawar, the present chief of the Nationalist Congress Occasion (NCP), has served as Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister thrice since 2019. Earlier than 2014, he additionally held the place twice in Congress-NCP-led governments.
5 years in the past, on November 23, 2019, Ajit Pawar took an oath as Deputy CM alongside BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis as Chief Minister, in a shock early morning ceremony. Nevertheless, the federal government collapsed simply three days later when Ajit Pawar resigned. He later turned Deputy CM once more within the Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities led by Uddhav Thackeray.
In a dramatic shift, Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath Shinde-BJP authorities final 12 months, taking the Deputy CM put up as soon as extra and splitting the NCP based by his uncle, Sharad Pawar.
Ajit Pawar is the son of Anantrao Pawar, Sharad Pawar’s elder brother, who handed away when Ajit was simply 18. Following in his uncle’s footsteps, Ajit entered politics in 1982, when he was elected to the board of a sugar cooperative.
