“Will be busy the whole day”: Devendra Fadnavis rejects Sharad Pawar’s dinner invite

Sharad Pawar had invited Eknath Shinde, Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis for dinner at his house.

Mumbai:

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has declined an invitation to dine with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar, who had asked him to share a meal at his residence in Baramati during his visit to his hometown on March 2, a day earlier. Was invited. ,

Fadnavis, in a letter to Sharad Pawar on Friday, said he could not accept the invitation as he would be attending important programs on March 2.

“I received the letter written by you, as well as a dinner invitation from you. As you know, after the efforts of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Namo Maharojgar Mela is being organized in Baramati. This big program will be organized After that, Bhoomi Pujan of the memorial of Badhu Budruk and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj in Tuljapur will be held in Baramati and immediately after that, Bhoomi Pujan of the memorial of revolutionary Lahuji Vastad Salve is scheduled. The whole day is going to be, I am very busy because two important programs one after the other. are being organised. Therefore, I will not be able to accept your urgent invitation this time. Thank you once again,” the Maharashtra Deputy CM said.

Opposition leader Sharad Pawar had invited Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and two deputy chief ministers, including his nephew Ajit Pawar, for dinner at his residence in Baramati during his visit on March 2.

In his letter, Sharad Pawar wrote, “The CM is coming to Baramati for the first time after taking oath as the CM of the state and I am very happy about his visit to participate in the Namo Maharozgar program in Baramati.” Therefore, I would like to extend an invitation for a meal at my residence with my other cabinet colleagues after the program.”

Shinde will be attending a job fair, ‘Namo Maharozgar Melawa’, along with his deputy Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, all political rivals of Sharad Pawar, on the campus of Vidya Pratisthan College in Baramati town in Pune district.

The surprise invitation by the senior Pawar to Shinde and the two deputy CMs comes in the backdrop of divisions in the NCP, the party he founded in 1999, and strained relations with his nephew Ajit Pawar, who parted ways with him and joined Shiv. Army-BJP government in July last year.

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