Ajit Pawar Criticizes Nephew's Candidacy After Dominating Maharashtra Polls

The Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister humorously confronts nephew Rohit Pawar over a narrow win and questions Sharad Pawar's decision to field another nephew, Yugendra, in Baramati.

• Ajit Pawar humorously remarked to nephew Rohit Pawar that his narrow victory in Karjat Jamkhed could have been jeopardized if Ajit had campaigned there.
• Rohit Pawar, representing the NCP (SP) faction, won his seat by just 1,243 votes against BJP's Ram Shinde, a dramatic drop from his 2019 margin of over 43,000 votes.
• Ajit Pawar retained his Baramati seat by a landslide, defeating his nephew Yugendra Pawar, who was fielded by Sharad Pawar's NCP (SP), by over 1 lakh votes.
• Ajit Pawar criticized the decision to field Yugendra, a political newcomer, in Baramati, calling it unnecessary and contrasting it with his own admitted mistake of fielding his wife against Supriya Sule earlier this year.
• The split in the NCP, triggered by Ajit Pawar's rebellion against Sharad Pawar last year, has led to a power struggle, with Ajit's faction securing 41 seats in the recent polls compared to Sharad's 10.

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