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NEW DELHI: In Shakespeare’s classical Hamlet, the protagonist is torn by a dilemma implicit avenging his father’s decease by sidesplitting his uncle Claudius. A akin Hamletian dilemma appears to person gripped Sharad Pawar implicit the merger of the 2 factions of the NCP aft his nephew Ajit Pawar’s decease successful a level crash.While talking to reporters connected Sunday, the seasoned Maharashtra person said that talks implicit the merger of some NCP factions were successful the last stages. He claimed that adjacent the merger day had been fixed -- February 12.“Now we consciousness his privation should beryllium fulfilled. Ajit Pawar, Shashikant Shinde and Jayant Patil had initiated talks astir the merger of the 2 factions. Even the merger day had been fixed -- it was scheduled for the 12th (February).
Unfortunately, Ajit near america earlier that,” Sharad Pawar said.However, successful a contrasting statement, Sharad Pawar besides said that it is present uncertain whether some factions volition spell up with the merger.Why is Sharad Pawar successful a dilemma?After Sunetra Pawar took oath arsenic lawman main curate successful the Fadnavis cabinet, it became wide that the NCP - with 41 MLAs - volition enactment successful the Mahayuti government.The determination appeared much evident aft Sunetra replied to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s connection connected X, thanking him for his “trust”.
Now, it is for Sharad Pawar to determine whether helium volition compromise for the merger and hold to participate into an confederation with the BJP oregon not. However, Sharad Pawar has connected galore occasions said that helium would not align with the BJP nether immoderate circumstances.Sunetra successful BJP’s trap?Meanwhile, galore successful the Pawar household are besides upset implicit Sunetra’s determination to instrumentality oath arsenic lawman CM conscionable 3 days aft her husband’s death.“When 1 of them called up, a subordinate of Sunetra Pawar’s household said that she and 1 of her sons had already near for Mumbai to be the oath-taking ceremony,” a adjacent subordinate of the Pawar household told TOI.The sources added, “The lawman main minister’s station is not a law 1 and therefore, determination was nary request to put the oath-taking relation connected the 4th time aft Ajit Pawar’s passing. Had the NCP shown the courtesy of waiting for the 12th oregon 13th time of mourning earlier making their governmental move, the different radical would not person felt slighted.”The Pawar household present feels that by accepting the connection without consulting them, Sunetra has walked into a BJP trap, they added.Sharad Pawar’s governmental successorDue to wellness concerns, Sharad Pawar has taken a measurement backmost from progressive politics. He was adjacent absent from campaigning during the section assemblage polls successful Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.In his absence, his girl and NCP(SP) moving president
Supriya Sule
has been calling the shots. She is besides being projected arsenic Sharad Pawar’s governmental heir. Now, amid merger talks, speculation is rife implicit who volition instrumentality implicit arsenic the person of a agreed NCP — Supriya Sule oregon idiosyncratic from Ajit Pawar’s faction.After the divided successful 2023, respective leaders specified arsenic Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare roseate to prominence successful the Ajit Pawar faction. If the merger takes place, the Pawar household could erstwhile again summation power implicit the party, pushing these leaders to the margins.Will the NCP’s numbers stay the same?If a merger does instrumentality place, determination is simply a anticipation that respective MLAs from some factions whitethorn leap vessel owed to ideological differences, bringing down the NCP’s spot successful the Maharashtra Assembly.According to governmental analysts, if a agreed NCP decides to articulation the opposition, respective enactment MLAs could reason the determination and power to the Shiv Sena oregon the BJP.Similarly, if the enactment decides to enactment successful confederation with the BJP and Shiv Sena, those aligned with Sharad Pawar’s radical successful the absorption whitethorn defy compromising connected Phule–Ambedkar–Shahu ideology.Claims and counterclaimsMeanwhile, leaders from some factions person made claims and counterclaims citing the precocious NCP main implicit the anticipation of a merger.
While NCP leaders said that coming unneurotic for the section assemblage polls was a one-time arrangement, respective NCP(SP) leaders claimed that merger talks were successful the last stages.Senior NCP(SP) person Jayant Patil connected Saturday said that precocious NCP main Ajit Pawar was anxious to reunite with his uncle Sharad Pawar and had held respective meetings to facilitate the merger.“He visited my location connected aggregate occasions and held talks implicit dinner.
He said helium wanted to reunite with his uncle by getting implicit the past. On January 16, we decided to contention the upcoming Zilla Parishad elections together, and the announcement of the ceremonial merger was to beryllium made connected February 12,” Patil said.This came aft Ajit Pawar met his uncle Sharad Pawar connected January 17 and reportedly held discussions implicit the merger.However, NCP Maharashtra authorities president Sunil Tatkare refuted immoderate treatment connected the merger, claiming that the January 17 gathering was related to section assemblage elections and an agriculture-related event.This followed some factions contesting the section assemblage polls successful Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad together.However, the agreed Nationalist Congress Party suffered a monolithic setback successful some civic bodies. In the 165-member Pune Municipal Corporation, the NCP won 27 seats and NCP(SP) 3 seats, against the BJP’s tally of 119. In the 102-member Pimpri-Chinchwad civic body, Ajit Pawar’s enactment won 37 seats portion Sharad Pawar’s faction drew a blank, arsenic the BJP secured 84 seats.In 2023, Ajit Pawar, on with a radical of elder leaders, parted ways with Sharad Pawar and joined hands with the BJP and Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena. He had raised objections implicit Sharad Pawar continuing to pb the enactment contempt his precocious age.Ajit was sworn successful arsenic lawman main curate nether the caller alliance. The Election Commission aboriginal recognised Ajit Pawar’s faction arsenic the morganatic NCP, retaining the ‘clock’ symbol.
