Maha focus on Pawar family soap opera

MUMBAI: Amid the coronavirus pandemic, an stretch drama at one of the most prominent political families in Maharashtra is attracting much attention.Parth Pawar, the elder lad of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, is the focus of the latest of a series of developments indicating an increasing rupture between Ajit and his uncle, genealogy patriarch and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar. While Ajit has not said anything honestly after Sharad Pawar’s world outburst against Parth this week, he is said to be upset over the incident.Parth’s recent some steps have mortified the NCP, which is sharing power in the regime with the Shiv Sena and Congress. He returned a memorandum to home minister Anil Deshmukh demanding a CBI probe into the suicide of performer Sushant Singh Rajput. His move intimated he had no confidence in the police force working under a minister of his own party. He has situated the party in a recognise of annoyance by hailing the ground-breaking ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.Sharad Pawar on Wednesday announced his grandnephew “immature” and said: “We would not even spare a penny for what he is saying.” This was notable because Pawar seldom loses his cool and that too on a family member. For times, the Pawars have been keeping up a united front – during Diwali, the part Pawar clan makes at the family home in Baramati. While the family is trying to portray that all is well, the outburst against Parth shows the growing fissures within.The Ajit camp has been cautious that the rest of the family has been trying to cut him down to size. Those steadfast to Pawar Sr claim that this has happened because of Ajit’s style of functioning, which they period “my way or the highway”.In 2009, Ajit wanted to become the representative chief minister but the NCP chief chose Chaggan Bhujbal over him. He got a chance to become the representative CM in 2010. Now more Sharad Pawar was not keen on granting him the berth, but had to climb down after the majority of members of the NCP MLAs subscribed Ajit’s bid. Matters came back a president in 2012 when Ajit resigned from the Prithviraj Chavan government. Those in NCP said he was angry with his uncle for not putting pressure on the Congress to rein in Chavan, “whos been” raked up the irrigation victimize topic. Ajit depicted his backbone by having various of the NCP executives resign extremely, despite Pawar Sr asking them not to.The enter of Rohit Pawar, another grandnephew of Sharad Pawar, to the political combat and his plan to contest last year’s assembly referendums from the Karjat Jamkhed constituency – he later won it – was witnessed by the Ajit camp as an effort to loosen his grip on the working party. Ajit decided to launch his son from the Maval Lok Sabha constituency. Parth though lost the election.According to those close to Parth, he concludes he did not get as much help as he should have during the ballots from the party and the family. Currently there are talks that he may take a “big step” in the next few days, though campaigns are on to cool down the situation.

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