Batting for the re-unification of the Thackeray cousins and the Pawar uncle-nephew duo, Maharashtra Cupboard Minister Chhagan Bhujbal stated that he would need the Thackeray household and the Pawar household to come back collectively. “Who likes to see the families being split like this? I would want them to come together. But I also know that it is not going to happen,” he informed The Hindu in an unique interview for ‘Pulse Maharashtra’, a present on The Hindu’s YouTube channel.
The assertion is important on the background of the speculations in Maharashtra politics concerning the re-unification of Thackeray cousins – Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray. There have been speculations about Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar too coming collectively. Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit Pawar cut up methods after Ajit Pawar, in 2023, staked a declare to the get together fashioned by Sharad Pawar.
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“I have seen them together. I have seen the kind of love that the Thackeray family had for Raj Thackeray. During each vacation or holiday, Balasaheb Thackeray would call Raj over to his residence. The family would not have lunch till Raj arrived. Such was the love the family shared towards him. Then, the family split. It does not feel nice for the families to be separated. Similarly, about Ajit Pawar. I have seen him since very young days. He was groomed under the tutelage of Sharad Pawar. Who likes to see them apart? Even I want the families to be together. But I know, it will not happen. They will not come together,” he stated.
Just lately, Raj Thackeray had stated that it’s going to not be straightforward to wipe off the legacies of the Thackeray and Pawar households. He had stated that the households have left their mark not simply in regional politics, but in addition in nationwide politics, and that there was an effort to ‘finish off’ their names from politics.
Chhagan Bhujbal was not too long ago inducted within the Maharashtra cupboard, days after he had publicly expressed sturdy reservations towards his get together chief Ajit Pawar’s resolution to exclude him earlier. From OBC reservation to the State politics, from Maratha quota demand to slamming Manoj Jarange-Patil, and from Thackerays to the Pawars, he spoke on a variety of matters in a free-wheeling dialog. To look at your complete interview, please go to The Hindu’s YouTube channel for ‘Pulse Maharashtra’.
Printed – Might 27, 2025 05:35 pm IST
