Ajit Pawar: Regret fielding Sunetra against Supriya Sule, bringing politics into family

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Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra's deputy CM, expressed regret over nominating his wife Sunetra to contest against his cousin Supriya Sule in Baramati. Pawar acknowledged that involving family in politics was a mistake. Despite the decision of the NCP parliamentary board, he now believes it shouldn't have occurred. Sule won with over 1.5 lakh votes.

Ajit Pawar: Regret fielding Sunetra against Supriya Sule, bringing politics into family

Pawar acknowledged the mistake of mixing family and politics, although the NCP parliamentary board had already decided on the nomination, which led to Sule winning by a significant margin.

PUNE: A little over two months after the Lok Sabha results, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said that fielding his wife Sunetra from Baramati against his cousin Supriya Sule was a mistake and he regretted it.
Sule retained her seat with a victory margin of over 1.5 lakh votes over Sunetra.
He said, “Politics should be kept away from family ties. I made the mistake of nominating Sunetra against my cousin in Baramati.I should have avoided it. The NCP parliamentary board had already decided [to nominate Sunetra] and it could not be reversed. But now I feel that it should not have happened in the first place.” The deputy chief minister was giving an interview to a news channel.
For the first time, the Pawars’ bastion of Baramati witnessed a political contest between two candidates from the Pawar family.

Pawar, speaking to a news channel, said he regretted pitting his wife, Sunetra, against cousin Supriya Sule in the Lok Sabha election. For the first time, the Pawars’ bastion of Baramati saw a contest between two candidates from the family. Ajit Pawar’s family was isolated with the rest of the clan siding with Sule and her father, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar. Ajit Pawar’s brother, Shrinivas, and his family actively campaigned for Sule.
Sule said she was busy with the Shiv Swarajya rally of her party and had not seen Ajit Pawar’s statement.

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