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Maharashtra: Ajit Pawar Comes In Uncle Sharad Pawar's Support As Ally Ridicules His Face

Ajit Pawar in a post on X said the remarks were condemnable and inappropriate and will not be tolerated. Pawar also called Khot over phone.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar criticised ruling Mahayuti legislator Sadabhau Khot's remarks on Sharad Pawar's face. Ajit Pawar broke ranks with his uncle Sharad Pawar last year and joined the Eknath Shinde-BJP government.

While addressing an election rally for BJP candidate Gopichand Padalkar in Sangli district's Jath, Khot allegedly said, "Pawar saheb says he wants to change the face of Maharashtra. What face? Do you want to make the face of Maharashtra like yours?" Khot, the founder of Rayat Kranti Sanghatana, on Thursday expressed his apology in a video message.

Ajit Pawar in a post on X said the remarks were condemnable and inappropriate and will not be tolerated.

"Whatever he (Khot) said was highly condemnable and connotes 'vinash kale viprit buddhi' (a person thinks adversely when his destruction is around," he told reporters in Pune on Thursday. 

"Former state chief minister Yashwantrao Chavan had shown the values on how to behave in political life, how to not cross a limit while speaking about rivals in politics. A similar tradition was later carried forward by other chief ministers," the deputy CM said, adding, "The remarks made by Khot are highly condemnable and I have already condemned it."

Ajit Pawar also said he called Khot over phone. "I told him that nobody liked your remarks about Pawar saheb. I told him that making personal remarks about someone is not our method. I also told him that it must not happen against Pawar saheb or any leader, irrespective of any party," he said

Meanwhile, NCP-SCP workers protested against Khot and raised slogans against him in Pune.

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