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NCP chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar,speaking at a programme organised by BJP leader Nitin Gadkaris Purti Group here on Saturday,said there should be no untouchability in social and political spheres of life.
It assumes significance in view of Pawars recent face-off with ally Congress on the issue of the ordinance on convicted MPs and his partys tussle with the Congress in the state.
Though NCP officially played it down as a non-political programme,insiders feel Pawars second attendance this year at Gadkaris programme,that too despite BJP leaders Gopinath Munde and Devendra Fadnavis recent ridicule of Ajit Pawar as Maharashtras Lalu Prasad who would be sent to jail,is a political message to the Congress.
Addressing the gathering,Pawar said,Journalists asked me why I was attending Gadkaris programme. I feel there should be no untouchability in social work and politics.
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He said in lighter vein,But elections are round the corner and we wont fall short of words in taking on the political rivals. Gadkari praised Pawar as someone who stood solidly behind constructive works.
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