It’s Rakshabandhan and Supriya Sule wishes Ajit Pawar, her cousin and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister who died in a plane crash in January, “will appear from somewhere” and will “chat and laugh with your sisters”.
Sunetra Pawar lost. Earlier reporting noted: MUMBAI: Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MP Supriya Sule remembered former Maharashtra deputy chief minister and her cousin, the late Ajit Pawar , on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan on Friday. NCP’s another faction is now called Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP). “From childhood, growing up together, our fights, the love we shared for each other, and the pride we felt in one another – these were the foundation of our bond. “The void created by your absence can never be filled. He served in the position for six terms within various governments. He had worked as deputy chief minister in the cabinets of Prithviraj Chavan, Devendra Fadnavis, Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde.
Later in life, Ajit Pawar split up the party, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and also fielded his wife Sunetra Pawar against Sule in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The Baramati MP reminisced about her childhood with Ajit Pawar, “growing up together, our fights” and the “love they shared”. “It was my mistake to field her against Supriya Sule,” Ajit Pawar had said then, noting that society doesn’t like rifts in families. Even now, it feels like you’ll suddenly appear from somewhere, let me tie the rakhi on you, chat and laugh with your sisters, and immerse yourself back into the family,” she said. Sule said that may her cousin’s “love and blessings” always be with her. Wherever you are, may your love and blessings always remain by my side forever,” she said, signing off the post. Expressing grief over his death, she said the “void created by his absence can never be filled. ” Earlier reporting noted: Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra’s longest-serving deputy chief minister, was among the most prominent leaders in the state.
Earlier reporting noted: In a heartfelt post on X, Supriya Sule recalled her bond with Ajit Pawar since childhood.
