Sharad Pawar had earlier said that he will not be contesting Lok Sabha polls any longer.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar today hinted of reconsidering his decision of not contesting Lok Sabha elections again. "Party leaders have urged me to contest upcoming Lok Sabha election. I am not interested but since the party leaders have insisted me, I will think over it," Pawar said on Friday.
In the year 2012, Pawar had announced that he would not be contesting elections and instead he went to Rajya Sabha as the member of parliament without contesting 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
However, now before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the NCP party workers have requested him to reconsider his decision of not contesting elections. Speaking about the speculations, Pawar said, "I have already announced that I will not be contesting elections. However, senior party leaders have urged me to reconsider the decision. They told me that all the party leaders follow the policy decisions taken by me but in this case, I should respect their sentiments and contest elections. I have told them that I will think over it and convey my decision to them."
The statement from one of the most senior parliamentarians came after he held a meeting of all the senior NCP leaders at Pune's Baramati hostel on Friday. If he decides to contest Lok Sabha elections, he is likely to contest from Mhada constituency in Solapur district. Earlier in 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Pawar had contested from Mhada constituency which was newly formed constituency then and won the elections. While contesting from Mhada, he had left his traditional constituency of Baramati for his daughter Supriya Sule.
Currently the NCP leader Vijaysinh Mohite Patil is the MP from Mhada. While speaking to media, Pawar said, "The sitting MP Vijaysinh Mohite Patil was among the leaders who wished that I should contest from Mhada."
Speaking about Mahagathbandhan, Pawar said that a mega alliance is not taking place at the national level but the efforts are being taken to bring the anti-BJP party together at the state level. "The situation in each state is different and therefore a mega alliance at a national level is not possible. We are making efforts at the state level. The party which is strong in that particular state should get importance and all other like-minded parties should support that party in that state."
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