Blitz Bureau
BARAMATI (MAHARASHTRA): Responding to his estranged cousin and NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule’s jibe that even the milkman also wakes up early, the NCP national president and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on September 2 that he had never said that the milkman wakes up in the afternoon, noting that he will continue to focus on development instead of engaging in a war of words.
“I am well aware of obstacles, even though I am not an engineer. So, I go early in the morning to see ongoing works. I went in the morning and visited the Rajkot Fort where Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue collapsed. I will focus on development and the party members should also avoid replying to the criticism in politics,” said Pawar during his speech in the rally organised at Baramati to promote the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana.
Two days ago at the NCP (SP) rally, Sule had criticised Ajit Pawar without naming him directly for his repeated statements that he wakes up early and gets on to work.
“Everyone is doing hard work, no one is doing favours to anyone. Some people repeatedly say that they wake up early in the morning. The milkman also gets up early. What time you wake up is your wife’s problem. Because she has to make tea. Has NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar ever made such a speech till date?” she asked while targeting her estranged cousin Ajit Pawar. However, Pawar on September 2 strongly defended his habit of waking up early and starting the day’s work.
“We should avoid political criticism and talk only about development. Some people talk, let them talk, do you get holes in your body because of talking?” he asked.
He also asked the Baramatikars not to give importance to such criticism but to focus on development. Pawar taunted that “Now all Pawars ( including Supriya Sule and grandnephew Yogendra) are going houseto-house in Baramati ahead of the state Assembly election”.
