The fight with Ajit Pawar is real and there’s no question of reconciliation: Supriya Sule

Supriya Sule dismisses reconciliation with Ajit Pawar, emphasizes Sharad Pawar's commitment to politics at The Hindu Poll Arena.

The fight with Ajit Pawar is real and there is no question of reconciliation as he had gone out of his free will, said Baramati Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule, ending speculations of a reconciliation between Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar, at The Hindu Poll Arena. She added that Mr. Sharad Pawar would not retire from politics.

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Responding to questions about the possibilities of a reproachment from Mr. Ajit Pawar’s side, she said such attempts were with the voters alone. Moreover, she dispelled statements regarding Mr. Sharad Pawar’s retirement that came from Mr. Ajit Pawar. “Sharad Pawar eats, drinks, breathes politics, it is his tonic. He said he will not fight elections,” said Ms. Sule. “Ajit Pawar wanted him to retire because he wanted an alliance, which Mr. Pawar was not willing to do,” she added.

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Ms. Sule spoke about the state of mind in the party when the Sharad Pawar faction had lost the party and the symbol. “We were done with it. We had nothing more to lose. The party and symbol were taken away from Sharad Pawar. The fight was far more important than the outcome of the election last time,” she said.

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Ms. Sule said she was not sure of even winning the seat. “In the Lok Sabha elections we were okay even if we did not win even a single seat, because people were running us down. We had only problems every day of our lives.” She said court battles, visits to the Election Commission, Collector offices, and fighting income tax cases had become a new normal for the party. “I would not want anybody in the world to go through this,” she said. The fight was not against anything that was happening by the book and was a “colossal waste of time, energy and brain space”, she added.