Adani organized lectures in 2019, but he was not part of them: Sharad Pawar | India News – Times of India

MUMBAI: Two days after Ajit Pawar said industrialist Gautam Adani was part of political talks taking place between BJP and undivided Sharad Pawar-led NCP in 2019, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar said that the meeting, which he attended, took place at Adani’s residence in New Delhi. However, he added that Adani hosted the dinner but “did not participate in the political discussions.”
Pawar Senior made these comments in an interview with The Newsminutes-newslaundry. He said besides him, those present were Adani, Amit Shah and Ajit Pawar. The power-sharing conversations took place before the early morning swearing-in of Ajit Pawar as deputy chief minister, with Devendra Fadnavis as CM, to form a government that lasted barely 80 hours.

Pawar Senior was quoted by the news portal as saying that his NCP colleagues, many of whom were dealing with central agency cases, told him that they were assured that if they join hands with the BJP, the cases would go away . Pawar, according to the report, said that he backed off as he was not convinced that BJP would fulfill its promise, but his colleagues said, “Why not hear it from the horse’s mouth” and so he found himself at a dinner in Adani’s home. , in the presence of Amit Shah.
Referring to the meeting, Ajit Pawar said, “It has been five years, everyone knows where the meeting took place, it was in Delhi at a businessman’s house, everyone knows. Yes, there were five meetings… Amit Shah was there, Gautam Adani was there, Praful Patel was there, Devendra Fadnavis was there, Ajit Pawar was there, Pawar Saheb was there… They were all there… Everything was decided.’ He had further said: ‘The blame for this fell on me, and I took it upon myself. I took the blame and made sure others were safe.”
When asked why Pawar Senior had later hesitated and not gone with BJP, Ajit had said he did not know. “Pawar Saheb is a leader whose mind no one in the world can read. Not even our aunt (Sharad Pawar’s wife Pratibha) or our Supriya (Sule),” he had said.
Meanwhile, Sharad Pawar on Thursday visited Chinchwad constituency in Pune district to campaign for his party’s candidate Rahul Kalate, who is contesting against BJP’s Shankar Jagtap in the November 20 Maharashtra elections. Pawar criticized the current government and stated that Maharashtra has “fallen”. has ended up in the wrong hands in recent years, resulting in a decline and stagnation in development.