NCP leaders, corporators join Sharad Pawar's faction ahead Maharashtra polls

Ahead of upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections several Nationalist Congress Party NCP leaders and corporators returned to the Sharad Pawar camp a day after resigning from the Ajit Pawar faction on WednesdayAt Sharad Pawars residence in Pune the former NCPs PimpriChinchwad unit chief Ajit Gavhane was among the leaders who joined his factionThree other senior leaders of the NCPs PimpriChinchwad unitRahul Bhosale Pankaj Bhalekar and Yash Sanewho quit the party on Tuesday also joined the founders campIn reaction to this NCP Sharad Pawar faction working president Supriya Sule said that Sharad Pawar has been working for development in Maharashtra and at the Centre for the last 60 years and even people from the opposition look at him with great hope reported ANII think many people in the party have different experiences We have always ensured that our ideology of development remains strong Pawar sahab Sharad Pawar has been continuously working for development in Maharashtra and at the Centre for the last 60 years We have faith in Pawar sahabs ideology and at the same time many people in the opposition also look towards him with great hopes which is why people are joining him Sule said speaking to ANI on WednesdayEarlier in the day Ajit Gavhane said that he along with some other party workers who have also resigned from their posts will be seeking blessings from NCP founder Sharad PawarI resigned yesterday and today all the excorporators will be holding a meeting and strategizing our next moves We will also take the blessing of Sharad Pawar Gavhane said speaking to ANI on WednesdayThe Nationalist Congress Party split last year when Ajit Pawar led some MLAs and joined the ruling Eknath Shinde Sena and BJP governmentGavhane claimed that the development work done by the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP in the PimpriChinchwad Municipal Corporation was different from that done by both Ajit Pawar and Sharad PawarIf you look at PimpriChinchwad both Ajit dada and Pawar sahab had contributed to its development But since 2017 the Bharatiya Janata Party has been ruling PPMC PimpriChinchwad Municipal Corporation The development work here was done in the wrong way especially if you look at other constituencies There was rampant corruption here and the sitting MLA is responsible for it Gavhane said reported ANISpeaking about other party leaders who have resigned from their posts Gavhane said Along with me corporators like Rahul Bhosale Pankaj Bhalekar and Yash Sane have resigned reported ANIWhen asked if he is interested in contesting the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections Gavhane said Yes I am interested in contesting the Vidhan Sabha elections reported ANIWith inputs from ANI