Pune, Sep 10 (PTI) Shiv Sena Pune district president Surendra Jeware on Tuesday lined a cut-out of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar with a black fabric after the latter did not attend a Ganesh competition organised by him, triggering a protest by the Nationalist Congress Get together (NCP).
As rigidity prevailed, police intervene and detained Jeware, who has organised the Ganesh competition in Pune district within the identify of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
The Shiv Sena is headed by Shinde, whereas his deputy Pawar leads the NCP. The Shiv Sena and the NCP are constituents of the ruling coalition Mahayuti together with the BJP.
Jeware has organised the ‘Eknath Ganesh Competition’ in Bhigwan Chowk in Baramati taluka and had put up massive cut-outs of Shinde together with these of Pawar and one other deputy CM Devendra Fandavis of the BJP on the venue.
In line with Jeware, he had invited Pawar to inaugurate the competition.
“It was his duty to attend the occasion as we had three to 4 time urged him to come back and inaugurate the competition. Dada (as Pawar known as) paid visits to small (Ganesh) mandals in Baramati (his dwelling turf in Pune district), however didn’t present up on the Eknath Ganesh Competition. This was an insult to CM Shinde,” opined Jeware.
He mentioned as a mark of protest, they lined the cut-out of Pawar on the venue with a black fabric.
Following the incident, NCP employees staged a protest.
Because the scenario grew to become tense, police intervened and detained Jeware, whereas municipal council authorities eliminated an arch carrying the identify of the competition and cut-outs of Shinde and the 2 Deputy Chief Ministers.
When requested about Jeware’s act, Pawar mentioned there was no want for such a response.
The NCP president mentioned he has been visiting mandals (teams which set up Lord Ganesh idols through the 10-day competition devoted to the deity) in Pune metropolis and was planning to tour mandals in Baramati too.
“There was no want for such a response from members of the mandal (which organised Eknath Ganesh Competition) simply because I couldn’t go to the mentioned occasion. I don’t wish to talk about the problem. I’ll go and have dialogue with Eknath Shinde,” he mentioned.
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