I take care of others' sons also: Sena chief to Pawar

Mumbai: In a dig at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, who has decided not to contest election in order to give an opportunity to his grandson in the coming Lok Sabha election, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said he believes in fulfilling demands of the children of others and do not use them for “cleaning utensils.”

While Mr Pawar said that Ajit Pawar’s son Parth will be the NCP candidate in the next month’s elections, the NCP refused to give Ahmednagar seat to Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil’s son Sujay, who joined the BJP on Tuesday.

Hitting at Mr Pawar’s comments on Sujay Vikhe-Patil joining the BJP, the Sena chief sarcastically remarked that while he took care of children from the BJP like his own, It is not Shiv Sena’s style to use children of others to wash utensils.

In a major embarrassment to the Congress, Opposition leader Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil’s son Sujay joined the BJP on Tuesday, as he couldn’t get ticket to contest his maiden Lok Sabha poll from home turf of Ahmednagar. Sujay called on Thackeray at his residence on Wednesday to seek the Sena’s support for his candidature.

Mr Pawar said, “Sujay Vikhe-Patil went from one party to another and insisted on a specific seat to fight elections. Fulfilling his immature desires is not the responsibility of other parties. One should himself fulfil his son’s desires.”