Pawar Reunion Ahead Of Civic Polls: Ajit, Sharad Join Forces For Pimpri-Chinchwad Battle

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has announced an electoral alliance between his Nationalist Congress Party and the Nationalist Congress Party led by his uncle Sharad Pawar for the upcoming Pimpri-Chinchwad civic elections, marking a reunion more than two years after the party split.

Addressing a campaign rally, Ajit Pawar said the two factions had come together specifically for the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation polls. “For Pimpri-Chinchwad, the ‘clock’ and the ‘tutari’ have united. The family has come together,” he said, referring to the election symbols of the two factions.

Following the 2023 split, when Ajit Pawar aligned with the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Election Commission allotted the ‘clock’ symbol to his faction, while Sharad Pawar’s group adopted the ‘tutari’ (trumpet). Sharad Pawar’s faction has since been part of the Opposition alliance at the state and national levels.