All candidates must fight Pune civic polls on ‘familiar’ clock symbol, Ajit tells Sharad Pawar faction

“We wanted to conclude seat sharing, but Ajit Pawar continued to postpone the official announcement on seats for some reason or the other. He also poached several of our possible candidates. He assured them of funds and victory.Now, we are facing a crunch of candidates. We cannot trust Ajit Pawar anymore,” said another NCP (SP) leader from Pune, adding that NCP SP city president Prashant Jagtap resigned and joined the Congress in protest.Another leader said Ajit’s stand has raised suspicion about his intention for an alliance. “Our leaders have called a meeting in Mumbai where the decision on an alliance with Ajit’s NCP will be taken. We should contest as part of MVA,” he said on the condition of anonymity.Cracks appear ahead of high-stakes electionsAccording to an NCP(SP) leader, Ajit spoke to them for an alliance, and later he also sought the list of candidates for the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporation elections. “We were shocked that he asked us to contest on his party’s clock symbol,” he said.



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