Pawar vs Pawar : Sharad Pawar move to foil Ajit Pawar’s political mileage plans through govt function in Baramati ahead of LS elections

The Baramati Lok Sabha constituency is likely to witness a tough contest between sitting MP Supriya Sule of NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Sunetra Pawar of NCP led by her husband and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Both parties have started intense publicity campaigns in the constituency with leaders taking a dig at each other.

Ajit Pawar plans to make the most out of the mega job fair being organised in Baramati town on Saturday with Shinde and Fadnavis set to attend the function.

On the other hand, Sharad Pawar on Thursday expressed that he would like to attend the government function in his capacity as Rajya Sabha MP alongwith Sule.

In a communication to the chief minister and both deputy chief ministers, Sharad Pawar said, “I have understood that you are coming on an official tour to Baramati on Saturday. I and Supriya Sule in the capacity of MP would like to attend the official function.”

He further said that the mega job fair is being organised on the grounds of Vidya Pratishthan in Vidyanagari. “I am the chairperson of Vidya Pratishthan so I wish to officially welcome you in the premises of the organisation. I also invite you to the guest house of Vidya Pratishthan for tea,” Pawar said.

The veteran leader said, “This is the first time you are coming to Baramati after becoming the chief minister of the state and I am very happy for it. I have invited you on telephone for lunch at my residence in Govindbaug in Baramati. Please, you along with your other ministers accept my invitation for lunch after the NaMo mega job fair. I hope you will accept both of my invitations.” Sharad Pawar himself would be stationed in Baramati town on Saturday and Sunday.

Earlier, Ajit Pawar, while highlighting infrastructure development in Baramati under his leadership, had stated that he planned to get the state-level mega job fair in Baramati to provide employment for the youth of Pune division. The two-day mega job fair will be held on Saturday and Sunday with a workshop on soft skills and training for interviews on Friday.

The job fair will carry out recruitment for 55,072 posts in over 350 private companies in various sectors including manufacturing, service, agriculture, automobile, banking, BPO, chemical, construction, energy, food, healthcare, software, pharma and retail. There will be stalls of various government and private organisations, start-ups, skill development trainers.