Pimpri-Chinchwad NCP Chief Resigns, Heads to Seek Sharad Pawar's Blessings

Ajit Gavhane, Pimpri-Chinchwad NCP chief, resigned amidst party turmoil. He plans to consult Sharad Pawar while criticizing BJP's development work. Gavhane expressed interest in contesting upcoming state elections.

A day after resigning from his post, the Pimpri-Chinchwad unit chief of Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Ajit Gavhane, announced plans to seek blessings from NCP leader, Sharad Pawar. Gavhane mentioned that former corporators who also resigned will join him. 'I resigned yesterday and today all the ex-corporators will be holding a meeting and strategising on our next moves. We will also take the blessing of Sharad Pawar,' Gavhane said to ANI.

The Nationalist Congress Party experienced a split when Ajit Pawar led some MLAs to join the Eknath Shinde Sena and BJP government. Gavhane accused the BJP of poor development practices within the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation compared to those under Ajit and Sharad Pawar.

'If you look at Pimpri-Chinchwad, both Ajit dada and Pawar sahab had contributed to its development. But since 2017, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been ruling PPMC (Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation). The development work here was done in a wrong way, especially if you look at other constituencies. There was rampant corruption here and the sitting MLA is responsible for it,' Gavhane stated. He also confirmed interest in contesting the upcoming state assembly elections.