Mahesh Landge to Ajit Pawar: I respect you, but you let-down people of Pimpri

Stating that Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was making false allegations but that he “respects” him, BJP’s Bhosari MLA Mahesh Landge on Sunday alleged that the NCP national president had taken the people of Pimpri-Chinchwad for a ride.

“They (Ajit Pawar) has always indulged in making false allegations, in making defamatory statements and taking people for a ride. After taking votes, he disappears for five years only re-appear during elections time,” Landge said at an election rally in the Chikhli area on Sunday evening.

Landge, who has come under fire for allegedly showing “disrespect” towards the Deputy Chief Minister in his election speeches, however, said, “He (Ajit Pawar) is a respectable person…I respect you but you have let down people of Pimpri-Chinchwad who gave you a long term at the helm in PCMC, you cheated them…you never fulfilled the promises you made to them. This is how you have been working in Pimpri-Chinchwad for last 30 years..He still expects that Pimpri-Chinchwad citizens should vote for him. Why will they vote for him ? They thought he would resolve their problems, but he never did that.”