Sunetra Ajit Pawar-led NCP may cease to exist, says Sanjay Raut

Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP and chief Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut said here on Friday that the Deputy CM Sunetra Ajit Pawar-led NCP will cease to exist or may merge with the BJP.

“This party formed by Ajit Pawar will not exist in the future. Now the quartet of Chhagan Bhujbal, Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, Hasan Mushrif and Dhananjay Munde may regret their moves. They might regret their move to tie Ajit Pawar to the BJP by separating him from Sharad Pawar,” Sanjay Raut said, reacting to reports about infighting inside the Sunetra Ajit Pawar-led NCP.

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It was reported that there was a heated exchange between Sunetra Ajit Pawar leader Sunil Tatkare and Chhagan Bhujbal at a recent party meeting held on Tuesday.

It was also reported that there was another major spat between Sunetra Pawar’s son as well as party MP Parth Pawar and party leader Chhagan Bhujbal, who is the Food & Civil Supplies Minister.

The dispute between Parth Pawar and Minister Bhujbal arose after Parth Pawar reportedly had sent a contractor to Bhujbal regarding a state-level transport tender floated by the Food & Civil Supplies Department, but Bhujbal promptly sent the contractor back, disregarding Parth Pawar.

Eventually, this episode led to a verbal altercation between Parth Pawar and Food & Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal.

Bhujbal expressed his displeasure to Parth Pawar by saying, “Not even your father or grandfather ever told me anything in such a manner”.

Reportedly, Parth Pawar’s reply to Bhujbal was “If that is the case, I will have to remove you from your department”.

Chhagan Bhujbal said, “The contract is stuck in the court. The cabinet has approved it. There is an online process for awarding contracts. Those who qualify through that process are given contracts. How can a contract be given to someone just like that? There was no dispute between the two of us. Some things have to be done with understanding. Currently, the scrutiny and final process of the tender documents is being carried out by a state-level committee headed by the Additional Chief Secretary, and no work order has been given to any transporter”.

However, Parth Pawar has denied that anything happened between him and Chhagan Bhujbal. “Wrong news is being deliberately spread about us, especially about me. Nothing like that has happened. I have not interfered in any government work,” Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar’s son Parth Pawar told media persons.