'I Already Know The Result': Sharad Pawar Quashes Rumors Around President Poll Candidature

Pawar also said he will not assume any leadership in the next Lok Sabha polls.

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Mumbai: Putting all rumors around his candidature for the Presidential election to rest, the NCP leader Sharad Pawar said that he knows what the results will be, given that the BJP-led NDA has more than 300 MPs in the Parliament.

As President Ram Nath Kovind's tenure will come to an end next year, the speculations began due to Pawar's meetings with political strategist Prashant Kishor last month followed by meetings with Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi Vadra earlier this week. 

ANI quoted the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra as saying, “It is absolutely false that I will be a candidate for the Presidential election. I know what will be the result, given the party that has more than 300 MPs. I will not be a candidate for the Presidential election.”

Pawar further said Kishor met him twice and there was no discussion regarding leadership for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the presidential elections. He was quoted by ANI as saying, "Prashant Kishor met me twice, but we only talked about a company of his. No discussion was held regarding the leadership for the 2024 elections or the Presidential elections. Kishor told me that he has left the field of formulation poll strategies".

Pawar also said he will not assume any leadership in the next Lok Sabha polls.

"Nothing has been decided so far, be it the 2024 general elections or state elections. The election is far away, the political situation keeps changing. I am not going to assume any leadership in the 2024 elections," he said.