Mumbai Maharashtra’s newly appointed Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi. This is the first visit to Delhi for Sunetra, who took charge after the sudden demise of her husband and NCP leader Ajit Pawar.
Sunetra was accompanied on the tour by her two sons, Parth and Jai, and senior NCP leaders and Rajya Sabha MPs Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare. During this, Prime Minister Modi expressed deep grief over the demise of Ajit Pawar and assured Sunetra Pawar of the Centre’s full support for her new responsibility.
Contrary to these discussions, NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) leaders clarified that the issue of merger with Sharad Pawar faction is not included in the current agenda. Many MLAs of the party are strongly opposing the idea of merger.
NCP’s Ajit Pawar faction continues to oppose the merger. Leaders associated with Ajit have refused to go with any kind of consolidation. There was no discussion about the merger of NCP and NCP (SP) during the tour, and it was not even on the agenda.
Let us tell you that Sunetra Pawar has not yet resigned from Rajya Sabha. She is currently adopting a “wait and watch” approach regarding her next political move. There is a consensus in the party on making Sunetra the National President.
The process of appointing the National President is expected to start by the end of February. There will be a National Executive meeting in Mumbai to formalize these steps. There is news that the party is positive about sending Parth Pawar to Rajya Sabha.