I pay attention only to what Eknath Shinde, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Devendra Fadnavis say: Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar unfazed by criticism, focuses on key leaders of ruling Mahayuti alliance.

Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Monday (August 19, 2024) said he is not bothered about his criticism by others and is only concerned about what key leaders of the ruling Mahayuti alliance say.

Mr. Pawar’s remarks came a day after a group of BJP workers led by the party’s Junnar chief Asha Buchake waved black flags at his convoy.

“I don’t have anything to do with what other people say. I pay attention to the key people, CM Eknath Shinde of Shiv Sena and Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP,” Mr. Pawar told reporters during his Jan Sanman Yatra in Mumbai.

The Nationalist Congress Party, led by Mr. Pawar, had demanded that Mr. Fadnavis, who also hold the Home portfolio, to clarify as to whether he approved of the behaviour of his BJP workers.

Ms. Buchake had claimed that the NCP is trying to promote its candidate in the Junnar seat for the upcoming Assembly polls.

“They are trying to strangle us… Therefore we have adopted an aggressive stand,” she told reporters after the protesters raised slogans against Ajit Pawar.

An official meeting was organised on tourism development in Junnar on Sunday (August 18, 2024) but the BJP was not invited for the meeting, she said.