'Might stay out of state polls'

MAKING WAY FOR SON? | Party to decide whether younger son will contest Baramati seat, says the DyCM; statement creates stir among party workers

- Ravikiran Deshmukh

Deputy Chief Minister and head of NCP (AP), Ajit Pawar, has indicated that he might not be contesting in the upcoming assembly elections. "I am not interested, as I have contested seven to eight elections," he said about Baramati, the bastion of the undivided Pawar family.

Ever since he broke away from his uncle Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar appears to be tottering; be it playing his part in the Mahayuti government or in efforts to consolidate his position as an astute politician. His recent statement, "I made a mistake by fielding my wife Sunetra against sister Supriya" was perceived as a patch-up bid in the political circles.