Ajit Pawar Slams BJP MLA For Calling Sharad Pawar “Corona” Of Maharashtra

Satara:

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday took a swipe at BJP legislator Gopichand Padalkar over his controversial remark about NCP chief Sharad Pawar.

Mr Padalkar, a member of the state Legislative Council, is below fireplace over his alleged comment that “(Sharad) Pawar was a corona that has infected Maharashtra”.

“Every person should speak keeping in mind his own worth. People should respect each other. This is our culture. This is what late Yashwantrao Chavan (first chief minister of Maharashtra) taught us and we should adhere to it,” Ajit Pawar mentioned.

The senior NCP chief who’s a nephew of Sharad Pawar was talking to reporters after reviewing the COVID-19 state of affairs within the Satara district.

“You can check what he (Padalkar) had said about (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi in the past,” Ajit Pawar additional mentioned, apparently referring to Mr Padalkar’s alleged statements when he was not with the BJP.

Mr Padalkar had misplaced his deposit from the Baramati Assembly section within the election final 12 months, mentioned Mr Pawar, who had defeated him.

Ajit Pawar additionally recalled BJP chief Arun Jaitley’s remark that the entire nation can be developed if it has 100 cities like Baramati, a bastion of the Pawar household.

“He (Jaitley) was seen as second-in-command after Modi. All respect (Sharad) Pawar saheb. Some cheap people think they will become famous by talking against big people,” the deputy chief minister mentioned.

Mr Pawar, who holds the finance portfolio, additionally knowledgeable that he had instructed the authorities to arrange a COVID-19 testing laboratory in Satara district hospital within the subsequent three to 4 days.