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TopicAjit Pawar

Topic: Ajit Pawar

Ajit Pawar, popularly called Ajit Dada, is a prominent Maharashtra politician, and nephew of Sharad Pawar, the co-founder of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and former union minister.

In 2023, Ajit Pawar, along with some MLAs, split from the NCP and joined the Eknath Shinde-BJP government in the state. He then went on to serve as a co-deputy CM along with the BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis under CM Eknath Shinde. A year prior to this, Ajit Pawar was the leader of the opposition in the state assembly and the finance minister for three years under the then MVA government of the Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena. Pawar has a history of defections; in 2019, too, he defected from the party to become the Deputy CM under Fadnavis, which lasted just a few days.

Ajit Pawar is an MLA from Baramati, a family constituency for the Pawars. He has represented Baramati in the Vidhan Sabha since 1995, and previously served as Minister of State for Agriculture and Power, Minister of State for Soil Conservation, Power, and Planning in 1992, and Cabinet Minister responsible for the Irrigation Department in 1999.

‘Sharad Pawar making Ajit villain, backed out of talks with BJP many times since 2014’, says Bhujbal

Purva Chitnis -
Newly-inducted Maharashtra minister says Sharad Pawar's many U-turns persuaded him to support Ajit, adds that breakaway NCP MLAs still stand by ideology of Shivaji, Phule, Ambedkar.

Maharashtra election body gets ready for pending local polls days, after Ajit Pawar switch

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To the media, the SEC said this was a “routine exercise” they do before every election, adding that no dates had been announced yet.

’82 or 92…no question of stopping’ — Sharad Pawar responds to nephew Ajit’s age barb

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Senior Pawar held NCP's national executive meeting where party's national working committee ratified his decision to expel rebels including Ajit Pawar, Praful Patel & Sunil Tatkare.

SubscriberWrites: Maharashtra politics & its Pawar Struggle

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BJP’s compromise in order to stay in power would be regarded as one of the key masterstrokes in the history of modern politics & might as well be a road map for future political events.

‘I am still effective, whether 82 or 92,’ says Sharad Pawar, NCP expels rebels led by nephew

ThePrint Team -
Days after a split in the party, the NCP’s National Executive met in Delhi Thursday, passed 8 resolutions.

‘Not my fault I was born from a different womb’ — Ajit Pawar escalates feud with uncle

Manasi Phadke -
At a separate meeting, Sharad Pawar attacked the rebel NCP leaders and criticised BJP for its 'divide and rule' politics, but refrained from responding to his nephew’s criticism.

‘I want to lead…’ — Ajit Pawar lays bare his chief ministerial ambitions days after becoming dy CM

Manasi Phadke -
Addressing his faction, the junior Pawar said he had 'created a record being deputy CM' but he 'many ideas' in his mind for which he needs to occupy Maharashtra's top seat.

Uncle-nephew battle reaches EC: Ajit stakes claim to NCP symbol, Sharad Pawar faction files caveat

Amogh Rohmetra -
NCP state chief Jayant Patil from Sharad Pawar faction informs poll panel about disqualification of nine rebel MLAs. Action will be taken as per extant legal framework, says EC.

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‘Want to become CM,’ says Ajit Pawar, chides uncle & NCP chief Sharad Pawar for not retiring

ThePrint Team -
Ajit Pawar split the party Sunday and joined the BJP-Shiv Sena government; he claims to have the support of maximum NCP MLAs.
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