Ajit Pawar said he changed his tone of speaking since his elder brother was no longer with him. He added that he would try to compensate for the \”deficit\” by doing good elsewhere. Pawar was in Jalna during the formal entry of former Congress MLA Suresh Jethliya into NCP. He also criticised local authorities and office bearers over uncleanliness in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. \”Those found spitting should be shamed. Do this to me also if you find me spitting. You may think that it is absurd that I am talking about this during the political programme, but this needs to be done,\” he said. The poll campaign saw both factions of the Pawar family targeting each other in the Lok Sabha elections, which saw bitter rivalry within the family. The assembly polls last year saw Yugendra Pawar, son of Ajit Pawar’s elder brother Shriniwas, taking him on from the Baramati seat.
