PUNE: NCP chief Ajit Pawar snubbed NCP(SCP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Saturday, when the latter raised some queries at a gathering of Pune District Planning Improvement Committee (DPDC), saying invited members weren’t eligible to ask questions.
The uncle and nephew had been seen collectively at an occasion after a protracted hole. Being Pune’s guardian minister, Ajit chaired the DPDC assembly and Sharad Pawar, a Rajya Sabha member, was a particular invitee.Sharad Pawar raised the difficulty of untreated water being launched by some factories in Baramati, to which Ajit replied that Maharashtra Air pollution Management Board had been directed to ship notices to the polluting items.
“When Pawar senior requested a query about funds distribution amongst varied tehsils of Pune district, the guardian minister didn’t reply and as a substitute cited a govt rule (GR), saying invited members weren’t allowed to take part within the dialogue on the DPDC assembly,” one of many committee members advised TOI.
This was not the primary time Sharad Pawar had attended the DPDC assembly as a Rajya Sabha member. He had gone for the assembly when Chandrakant Patil was Pune’s guardian minister, earlier than Ajit joined Mahayuti.
“By no means previously was Sharad Pawar advised that he couldn’t take part within the dialogue. Patil additionally confirmed due respect to him each time he got here for any assembly. At present’s (Saturday’s) response from Ajit Pawar was an insult to the senior politician,” the DPDC member stated.
Sharad Pawar’s daughter and Baramati Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule in addition to fellow occasion MP from Shirur, Amol Kolhe, had been current on the assembly, however Ajit’s spouse Sunetra, lately elected to the Rajya Sabha, didn’t flip up.
On Ajit’s snub to her father, Supriya stated, “I’ve been attending DPDC conferences for the previous 18 years. For the primary time, anyone has cited the GR. We must research it intimately.”
When Ajit was requested concerning the challenge, he stated: “I’ve not objected to anyone, and there shouldn’t be any misunderstanding about it. There’s a GR and I solely cited the protocol talked about in it. Many individuals didn’t know the main points of the GR and subsequently, I cited these particulars.”
Supriya, NCP MLA spar over funds:
On the assembly, there was additionally an altercation between Supriya Sule and Maval MLA Sunil Shelke of Ajit Pawar’s occasion. On the assembly, when she raised the difficulty of Baramati and Shirur not getting sufficient DPDC funds as in comparison with Maval, Shelke vociferously protested.Requested concerning the challenge, Supriya later stated: “He (Shelke) didn’t hearken to my query correctly and raised the objection. I’ve no downside with Maval getting the funds; we had been solely demanding funds for our tehsils. He stated all this whereas Baramati acquired sufficient funds. If he had any issues with Baramati getting the funds, he ought to have raised objections with the guardian minister, and never me.”
