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'I resigned as MLA because Sharad Pawar is defamed because of me'
Updated On: 28 September, 2019 06:18 PM IST | | ANI
Ajit Pawar said that after tendering his resignation, he did not go to meet Sharad Pawar as his priority is to help the flood-affected people in his constituency Baramati
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Ajit Pawar cried while addressing a press conference at Y B Chavan Auditorium at Churchgate. All Pictures/Bipin Kokate
I have resigned as a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) because NCP chief Sharad Pawar was being defamed on account of me, said Ajit Pawar here on Saturday. "Sharad Pawar has no connection with the Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank (MSCP). I feel his name has been dragged just because I am his relative. Because of me, Sharad Pawar and NCP are being defamed. This is the reason I have resigned without asking him," said Pawar at a press conference here.
Ajit, who is the nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, tendered his resignation as a member of the Maharashtra Assembly on Friday following the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registering a money laundering case against him. Questioning the timing of the ED case, he said: "This has happened when the elections are at doorsteps. Why this whole thing came in on the eve of election time."
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