PAWAR'S LAST WAR CRY: DEFEAT THE TRAITORS

Emotions peak in the last 24 hours of campaign

- Rohit Chandavarkar

"Defeat them, defeat them, defeat them," was the loud and emotional call of NCP founder Sharad Pawar, at one of his last rallies in the final phase of campaigning for the 2024 assembly elections. Ironically, this call was to trounce none other than his own former colleagues and close associates - NCP leaders Dilip Walse-Patil and other members of his nephew Ajit Pawar's NCP contesting from various seats in the western Maharashtra region.

Just over a year ago, nobody could have imagined Sharad Pawar holding political campaign rallies against his own trusted lieutenants in his battle against the BJP in this politically volatile region - Ajit Pawar, Dilip Walse-Patil and others; however, poll fever has gripped people to the extent that they have been sloganeering at the top of their voices.