You are 83 now, when are you going to stop: Ajit to uncle
   Date :06-Jul-2023

Ajit to uncle
 
 
MUMBAI :
SURROUNDED by party workers, including 35 of NCP’s 53 MLAs, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday reminded his 83-year-old uncle Sharad Pawar that it was time for him to retire. “In BJP, leaders retire at 75, when are you going to stop,” Ajit Pawar said, speaking at the meeting convened by him in suburban Bandra as a show of strength. “Everybody has his innings. The most productive years are from 25 to 75 years,” 63-year-old Ajit Pawar said. He  also blamed Sharad Pawar for NCP losing out on the chance to have a Chief Minister in 2004.
 
“We had more MLAs than Congress in 2004, but our senior leader allowed Congress to bag the CM’s post,” he said. “For us, Saheb (Sharad Pawar) is a deity and we have deep respect for him,” he said.
“IAS officers retire at 60. Even in politics, BJP leaders retire at 75. You can see the example of L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi,” Ajit Pawar said. “You are 83, aren’t you going to stop? Give us your blessings and we will pray that you live a long life,” Ajit Pawar said.
The Deputy Chief Minister declared that in the 2024 elections, there’s “no alternative” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “There is no alternative to Modi in the 2024 elections… that’s the reality. Even Sharad Pawar Saheb has said this,” Ajit Pawer said.
 
Justifying his group’s decision to revolt from the NCP and join the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance Government, he said that all his supporters will benefit in various ways.
The rival NCP will be able to contest around 90 seats, many Lok Sabha seats, all the works stuck in the MLAs constituencies shall be now taken forward in full steam, other workers will be given other positions, and vowed that development backlogs in different regions would be taken up, without discrimination.
“We shall win more seats compared to 2014 or 2019. I have become the Deputy CM five times and I have made it clear that I want to become the Chief Minister. Why am I always being painted as a villain?” demanded Ajit Pawar of his uncle.