He has already clarified it, says Awhad on speculations of Pawar joining NDA

Amid media reports of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar offered Nationalist Congress Party NCP chief Sharad Pawar a berth in Union Cabinet Nationalist Congress Party leader Jitendra Awhad on Wednesday said that the party supremo has already clarified that he will not go anywhere reported news agency ANIWhen Sharad Pawar Ji has already said that I will not go anywhere and wont leave Phule Ambedkars ideology What do you want that an 83yearold man to come on TV every day and repeat that he will not give up his ideology the NCP leader said while speaking to reporters reported ANIHe said that Sharad Pawar has said about this once already and that is enoughOn a media report of Congress leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan claiming that a central cabinet berth had been offered to senior Pawar or his daughter Supriya Sule Awhad said You ask this to the people of Congress we are with the MVA till the endEarlier on Wednesday Congress leader and the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar questioned the recent meeting between Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit Pawar who heads the rival faction of the partyAjit Pawar along with eight loyalist MLAs engineered a split in the NCP earlier this year The rival faction joined the ruling NDA government in the state with Ajit Pawar taking oath as the deputy chief ministerWadettiwar claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had put forward a condition for Ajit Pawar to be made the Maharashtra Chief Minister that he has to convince his uncle to join the BJPled National Democratic Alliance NDA at the CentreWhy is Ajit Pawar frequently meeting Sharad Pawar The BJPs position in the state has improved even after they engineered a split in two parties NCP Shiv Sena Hence they are having to turn to Sharad Pawar as he is a mass leader Without his help the BJP wont win more Lok Sabha seats from the state next year he saidAnother reason for the meetings is that Narendra Modi has told Ajit Pawar that he cannot become the chief minister unless he can convince Sharad Pawar to come on board join NDA Wadettiwar saidEarlier on Monday Congress leader Nana Patole hit out at Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and his uncle over the secret meeting held at Pune saying that such meetings were creating confusion among the peopleSuch meetings are creating confusion among the people If they are relatives what was the need for them to meet secretly he saidSharad Pawar himself scotched speculations of his switch to the NDA which gained ground following his meeting with Ajit Pawar saying that it was not a secret meeting as was reportedWhat is wrong with me meeting my nephew How it could be a secret when it was held at someoneacirciquestiquests residence I was at his Ajit Pawars residence he saidPatole added that the Congress was keeping an eye on the developments in Maharashtra politics and will raise the issue in the upcoming INDIA alliance meeting in MumbaiTalks have also been held with our leader Rahul Gandhi in this regard The Congress high command is also keeping an eye on this The matter will also be up for discussion during the INDIA alliance meeting in Mumbai he saidLeaders of the united Opposition under the banner of Indian National Developmental Democratic Alliance INDIA are scheduled to hold their third meeting in Mumbai over two days August 31 and September 1With inputs from ANI