The front-line work for the upcoming Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections has begun. In such a situation, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s visit to Rahuri remained in the news for many reasons. During this visit, former minister Prajakt Tanpure, nephew of Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Party leader Jayant Patil, and Deputy Chief Minister Pawar held closed-door discussions. After that, an indirect message was sown throughout the district that former MLA Tanpure would wait for Dada’s NCP. Its results will be seen in the upcoming Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections.
Even after the rebellion in the NCP, Jayant Patil and Prajakt Tanpure remained firmly with senior leader Sharad Pawar, his maternal uncle and nephew. Meanwhile, a month ago, Prajakt Tanpur’s cousin factory chairman Arun Tanpure joined the NCP and tied a watch to his hand. He is an influential leader in the taluka. Since then, there has been talk that Prajakt Tanpure, who was with Saheb, will also join the party soon. Is it now the right time to go with Dad? We will have to look at some events to find the answer.
Among them is Jayant Patil’s recent resignation from the post of state president, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Dad’s meeting with the Tanpure family on Sunday and the discussion held behind closed doors. Arguments are being fought about what exactly this whole sequence of events is signaling.
The workers have recognized the warning, but although no one is speaking clearly, signals have automatically spread throughout the district that they will align with Ajit Pawar in the upcoming Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections. This is also leading to discussions on whether the Tanpure group will get help from the NCP in the local body elections. Meanwhile, former minister Prajakt Tanpure said that Dad only inquired about the health of former Kha. Prasad Tanpure. He tried to put a lid on the talk of defection by confirming that the meeting was not political.
