'Inhuman' to talk about Ajit Pawar's successor right now, says Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena UBT Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said it is inhuman to talk about the leadership of the Nationalist Congress Party NCP just after the tragic death of its president and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said it is ''inhuman'' to talk about the leadership of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) just after the tragic death of its president and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. On Thursday, a day after Pawar's death in a plane crash in Baramati in Pune district, voices emerged within the NCP for a state cabinet berth for his wife Sunetra with some leaders suggesting she should also lead the party, a constituent of the BJP-led ruling Mahayuti alliance. ''It is inhuman to talk on this (leadership) issue. If anyone has raised this issue then they have zero humanity. Be it ministers or MLAs. The woman (Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra) has lost her husband. Her (Sunetra Pawar) eyes are still welling,'' Raut said. Sunetra Pawar, who lost the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Baramati, is currently a Rajya Sabha MP. Ajit Pawar was the MLA from the Baramati assembly seat. Ajit Pawar (66) died on Wednesday in an air crash, leaving behind a big void in his party and pushing the state politics into turmoil. Talks about possible merger of the NCP and its rival NCP (SP), led by veteran politician Sharad Pawar, have gained momentum after Ajit Pawar's death.

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