‘You Don’t Own Me’: Ajit Pawar Tells Voters In Maharashtra’s Baramati – News18

Last Updated:January 06, 2025, 11:05 IST

Ajit Pawar told the people of Baramati that they were not his boss because they voted for him. His remark came while he was addressing an event in the city.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar stirred a controversy after he told the people of Baramati that they were not his boss just because they had voted for him. Pawar had gone to the city to understand the grievances being faced by the people there.

His remark came while he was reportedly handed over a memorandum in the middle of his speech.

“Just because you voted for me, it doesn’t mean you have become my boss or owner. Have you made me a farm labourer now?” Pawar asked the crowd.

On January 3, the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) ruled out the possibility of a reunion with the Sharad Pawar faction, saying that it will remain with its stand of allying with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre, and MahaYuti in Maharashtra.

“The party is an ally of the NDA at the Centre and in MahaYuti in the state. The NCP has recorded a thumping win in Maharashtra under the leadership of Ajit Pawar. Our agenda and stand taken in July 2023 is quite clear. We will continue with NDA and MahaYuti. There is no rethinking in our stand,” Maharashtra unit NCP chief Sunil Tatkare told reporters.

To a question about whether a reunion is possible if NCP-SP changes its present political stand (of not aligning with BJP-led MahaYuti), Tatkare remarked: “There are no ifs and buts in politics and I cannot answer such a question.”

He added that “family and politics are two different things”.

Tatkare’s statement came a day after Ajit Pawar’s mother, Ashatai Pawar, visited the temple town of Pandharpur and expressed her wish for the reunion of the Pawars.

“I wish that the differences within the Pawar family end at the earliest. I hope Pandurang answers my prayers,” she said during her interaction with the media.