Former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, on Thursday, informed previous Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray that he would have maintained the chair for the leading post had he connected to Chhagan Bhujbal throughout the political crisis.
Mumbai, UPDATED: Oct 13, 2022 22: 51 IST
Leader of Opposition and previous Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar
By India Today Web Desk: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and previous Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, on Thursday, informed previous Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray that he would have maintained the chair for the leading post in the state had he connected to experienced political leader Chhagan Bhujbal throughout the crisis that emerged out of a disobedience within the Sena.
” Uddhav Thackeray need to have looked for the assistance of Chhagan Bhujbal (NCP leader) when Shiv Sena’s 15 MLAs deflected from the celebration. He’s the master of such situations. Had you called him, you might’ve still been the CM of Maharashtra,” Pawar stated.
Ajit Pawar was speaking at an occasion arranged to commemorate the 75 th birthday of Chhagan Bhujbal.
Besides Uddhav Thackeray and Ajit Pawar, the function kept in Mumbai was participated in by National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah in addition to NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat.
Meanwhile, speaking at the occasion, Thackeray stated, “Bhujbal would have ended up being the chief minister of Maharashtra had he not give up the Shiv Sena.”
” I have actually now ended up being shock-proof. When Bhujbal left the Shiv Sena, I should confess that our household was in a state of shock. The anger (that was vented) was political. We might not absorb it for a very long time that a person of our own member of the family had actually deserted us,” Thackeray stated, a