Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) chief Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar paid tribute to the state’s first Chief Minister Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan on his death anniversary on Monday by visiting his memorial.
Sharad Pawar paid floral tributes at the mausoleum ‘Preetisangam’ of his guru Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan. Later his nephew and NCP chief Ajit Pawar also reached the memorial and paid tribute to the late leader.
Sharad Pawar was also accompanied by his grandson Rohit Pawar. Ajit Pawar had last year joined the Eknath Shinde-BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) government in the state along with several other MLAs, splitting the NCP founded by his uncle Sharad Pawar.
In the recently concluded elections for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, Ajit Pawar-led NCP performed well by winning 41 seats, while his uncle-led NCP (SP) could win only 10 seats.
