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Sunetra Pawar Warns Jagtap: Don't Use Ajit Pawar's Name or Photo in Someshwar Election
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News18•03-10-2026, 21:43
Sunetra Pawar Warns Jagtap: Don't Use Ajit Pawar's Name or Photo in Someshwar Election
- •Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar launched the election campaign for the Shri Someshwar Cooperative Sugar Factory in Baramati by breaking a coconut at Shri Someshwar Temple.
- •Sunetra Pawar warned Purushottam Jagtap, the incumbent chairman who rebelled, to contest the election on his own merit without using Ajit Pawar's name and photo.
- •The NCP Ajitdada Pawar panel is in the fray, while Purushottam Jagtap has an independent panel supported by the NCP Sharadchandra Pawar party and the BJP.
- •Sunetra Pawar stated, "This is the first election after Dada's demise. The tremendous response to this campaign launch is extremely important to me."
- •She assured, "I will protect this factory with the same trust that Dada did. The future chairman of Someshwar will not be one who merely makes a name, but one who makes a mark in Maharashtra."
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Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar warned incumbent chairman Purushottam Jagtap, who had rebelled, to contest the Shri Someshwar Cooperative Sugar Factory election on his own merit without using Ajit Pawar's name and photo. She stated that contesting against the family's decision while using Ajit Pawar's name to defame the family would not be tolerated.
Purushottam Jagtap is contesting with an independent panel that has received support from the NCP Sharadchandra Pawar party and the BJP, going up against the official NCP Ajitdada Pawar panel.
Ajit Pawar took over the responsibility of the Someshwar factory in 1992 under extremely adverse conditions and worked tirelessly for the institution for 34 long years.
