Pawar took a dig at BJP Chief Chandrakant Patil and former CM Devendra Fadnavis.
“Someone has said ‘mi punha yein’ (I will come back). Unfortunately, it was not possible. Someone said ‘mi Parat jaeen’ (I will go back). But who invited you to Pune?” Pawar mentioned.
“However, people of Kothrud have elected you for five years for the development of the constituency. Therefore, you should work for them,” the NCP leader mentioned.
Fadnavis had applied ‘mi punha yein’ refrain throughout the 2019 poll campaign to convey that he would return as a chief minister for the second term. However, immediately after the poll final results, the Shiv Sena joined hands with the NCP and Congress to retain the BJP away from energy.
On the Maratha reservation, Pawar mentioned the situation was pending in the Supreme Court.
“We are trying to justify the law. But considering the current scenario, we took a decision to list the community under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category.
However, it is possible that some people have different opinions on this issue.” he mentioned.