MUMBAI, NCP president Sharad Pawar left Baramati for Mumbai on Sunday morning, four days after the plane crash that claimed the lives of his nephew and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
Uncertainty over NCP affiliation: Sharad Pawar to Mumbai; Sunetra Pawar has returned to BaramatiSunetra Pawar, wife of NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who was sworn in as Deputy CM in Mumbai on Saturday, returned to Pawar’s hometown Baramati in Pune late at night.
It is not clear whether Sharad Pawar and Sunetra Pawar met or spoke on phone amid recent political developments and discussions on the merger of the two NCP factions.
Sharad Pawar has no scheduled schedule in Mumbai.
His daughter and Baramati Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule left for Delhi on Saturday to attend the budget session.
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The NCP chief on Saturday claimed that he had “no idea” about Sunetra Pawar’s swearing-in as deputy chief minister and said that his late nephew had finalized the merger announcement between the NCP parties on February 12.
He also said that due to the death of Ajit Pawar, the process of merging the NCP and NCP may now face a hurdle.
“There was no discussion with me about the swearing-in. His party may have decided. The names of Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkar have come up, and it is known that they took the initiative. They may have decided internally in the party,” he said.
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The NCP chief also said that the ruling group might feel that someone should take over the post after Ajit Pawar’s death.
Ajit Pawar’s son Partha Pawar met Pawar senior at Govindbagh in Baramati on Saturday. In Sule, NCP MLAs Rohit Pawar and Yugendra Pawar were also present.
After Ajit Pawar’s death on 28 January, merger talks between the two NCP factions—which were at an advanced stage—appeared to be tight, with Patel and Tatkare at loggerheads while leaders like Narhari Jirwal favored unity.
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