Sharad Pawar invited to mega job fair but Mahayuti leaders turn down his lunch invitation

The district administration coordinating the mega job fair has reprinted the invitation card in which Sharad Pawar's name has been included as a guest. The district collector also reportedly made a phone call to the Rajya Sabha MP, inviting him for the government function in Baramati.

According to sources, CM Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar are also unlikely to accept the invitation of lunch, citing their busy schedule due to government functions. (File)

The BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP-led Mahayuti government on Friday invited NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar to attend the mega job fair, NaMo Maharojgar Melava, being organised in Baramati on Saturday but turned down the veteran leader’s invitation for lunch citing busy schedule.

This comes after Sharad Pawar extended an invitation to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar for lunch at his residence Govindbaug in Baramati on Saturday and also expressed his keenness to attend the mega job fair in his capacity as Rajya Sabha MP, along with his daughter and sitting Lok Sabha MP from Baramati Supriya Sule.

“I have received your letter and I am thankful for your invitation for lunch. You are aware that the mega job fair, NaMO Maharojgar Melava, has been organized in Baramati on the initiative of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. Considering the busy schedule in Baramati and later foundation stone laying ceremony of Sambhaji Maharaj memorial in Vadhu Budhruk and Tulapur as well as social reformer Lahuji Vastad Salve memorial, alongwith two other functions, we will be very busy the entire day. Thus, it is not possible to accept the invitation for this time,” Fadnavis said in a communication to Sharad Pawar.

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According to sources, CM Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar are also unlikely to accept the invitation of lunch, citing their busy schedule due to government functions.

Meanwhile, the district administration coordinating the mega job fair has reprinted the invitation card in which Sharad Pawar’s name has been included as a guest. The district collector also reportedly made a phone call to the
Rajya Sabha MP, inviting him for the government function in Baramati.

With CM Eknath Shinde and his two deputies set to attend the NaMo Maharojgar Melava in Baramati, the mega job fair will be a show of strength for the Mahayuti alliance ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, in which a tough contest is likely between Supriya Sule of NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) faction and Sunetra Pawar, wife of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Both parties have started intense publicity campaigns in the constituency with leaders taking a dig at each other.

The job fair will carry out recruitment for 55,072 posts in over 350 private companies in various sectors such as manufacturing, service, agriculture, automobile, banking, BPO, chemical, construction, energy, food, healthcare, software, pharma and retail.

Ajay Jadhav

Ajay Jadhav is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, Pune. He writes on Infrastructure, Politics, Civic issues, Sustainable Development and related stuff. He is a trekker and a sports enthusiast. Ajay has written research articles on the Conservancy staff that created a nationwide impact in framing policy to improve the condition of workers handling waste. Ajay has been consistently writing on politics and infrastructure. He brought to light the lack of basic infrastructure of school and hospital in the hometown of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde even as two private helipads were developed by the leader who mostly commutes from Mumbai to Satara in helicopter. Ajay has been reporting on sustainable development initiatives that protects the environment while ensuring infrastructure development. ... Read More

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