Mumbai: NCP founder Sharad Pawar on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a “worrisome” family situation. Reacting to Mr’s Modi’s comment that the NCP split because Mr. Pawar could not take care of his family, the NCP founder asked if the PM took care of his own family.
In an interview, Mr. Modi had said that Sharad Pawar’s problem is not political but family feud. The split in NCP happened over the issue of who should be Mr. Pawar's successor, he said.
“There is no sympathy for Mr. Pawar. People think if he cannot hold his family together, how can he take care of the state of Maharashtra,” the PM said.
Both the factions of the NCP have been contesting against each other in Baramati Lok Sabha constituency, which is home turf of Sharad Pawar. Supriya Sule, three term MP and daughter of Sharad Pawar, is contesting against Sunetra Pawar, wife of Maharashtra deputy chief minister and NCP national president Ajit Pawar, in Baramati Lok Sabha constituency. This is the first time, when Baramati is witnessing Pawar versus Pawar battle.
In a response to Modi’s remark on him, the NCP founder said, “I know about Mr. Modi. When did he took care of his family? But I don’t want to go to stoop to his level level. His family situation is worrisome… I should not speak on personal things. The Prime Minister has not maintained the decorum. It will not be appropriate that I should also not maintain the decorum.”
Claiming that Mr. Modi is not confident over his alliance candidate’s victory, the NCP founder also said that the Prime Minister is coming to Maharashtra several times because of that. “The way the Prime Minister is repeatedly coming, it reflects that he does not have confidence,” he said.
Mr. Pawar also expressed confidence that the Congress will win 10 to 12 seats in Maharashtra, while his party will win eight to nine seats out of ten seats. “There will be a huge difference in the result of this year (general election) and the last (general election) result (2019),” he said.
