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Mumbai: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Monday sharpened his attack on the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction headed by his uncle Sharad Pawar, claiming he would ensure its sitting MP Amol Kolhes defeat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.ge..
He had earlier announced that the party would contest from the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency against his cousin and sitting MP Supriya Sule..
Kolhe was also among the leaders who were present at the oath-taking ceremony of Ajit Pawar and eight other ministers when they rebelled against NCP chief Sharad Pawar and decided to join the Shiv Sena-BJP government on July 2. ..
This time, I will ensure that a candidate against him will be elected, Ajit Pawar said during in a media interaction in Pune on Monday. . The deputy chief minister said that Kolhe was supposed to resign as Lok Sabha member more than a year ago because his film career was getting affected..
For the past few weeks, the deputy chief minister has been targeting his political mentor and uncle Sharad Pawar and other leaders of his faction..
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