Will Sharad Pawar join hands with Ajit Pawar? NCP-SP supremo says ‘will never support…’

Sharad Pawar, the supremo of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), dismissed speculation that his party would join hands with his nephew Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) .

“Will never support BJP[Bharatiya Janata Party]-led alliance,” Sharad Pawar was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.

Ajit Pawar had defected from Sharad Pawar-led NCP and joined the Maharashtra government run by the BJP-led NDA in 2019. The NCP split in 2023.

Sharad Pawar’s comment on Saturday came days after he and Ajit Pawar were seen together at the engagement ceremony of Sharad Pawar’s grandnephew Yugendra Pawar in Mumbai on August 3.

This isn’t the first time that Sharad Pawar dismissed speculations about reconcilation between him and his nephew.

In June, Pawar had said his party would not align with anyone who had joined hands with the BJP for power.