"What's Age Got To Do With It": Sharad Pawar On Rebel Camp's Suggestion To Retire

Asserting that he was not old yet, Sharad Pawar echoed former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's words, saying, "Na tired hu, na retired hu." (I am neither tired nor retired).

NCP chief Sharad Pawar has scoffed at estranged nephew Ajit Pawar's suggestion that he should retire from active politics, saying he will continue working as party workers want him to keep going.

“Do you know at what age Morarji Desai became the prime minister? I don't want to become the PM or a minister but only want to serve the people,” Mr Pawar said when asked about Ajit's remark that at 83 years, it was time for his uncle to retire.

Asserting that he was not old yet, Sharad Pawar echoed former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's words, saying, "Na tired hu, na retired hu." (I am neither tired nor retired).