- Independent system implemented by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar
- ‘Local’ responsibility on state level office bearers
Pimpri. Special Representative
Against the backdrop of the forthcoming municipal elections, the NCP’s state leadership has sidelined the local leaders and taken the reins in Pimpri-Chinchwad. The party’s ‘caretaker’ and Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar is the Deputy Chief Minister of the state. However, in Pimpri-Chinchwad, once a week, the Deputy Chief Minister’s personal assistant is stationed at the party office. This underscores the two points that the NCP does not trust the local leaders or the capacity of the local leaders.
In fact, the fact that Ajit Pawar, the Deputy Chief Minister, has given priority to solving local issues in Pimpri-Chinchwad at the local level is a welcome development. However, the fact that Ajit Pawar has to set up an independent mechanism for local affairs in Pimpri-Chinchwad is enough to prove the incompetence of the local leaders.
Ajit Pawar is ‘Easy to Available’ to any citizen of the state. He used Pimpri-Chinchwad to reduce the congestion in Mumbai or Pune. Actually, such a mechanism is expected at the local level, but it did not happen.
Will the newly elected city president Ajit Gawhane, who is busy with public dialogue, NCP family dialogue and garlands, learn anything from this? Such a question has arisen from time to time.
Do local leaders have teeth?
North Kolhapur by-election results came out. Mahavikas Aghadi candidate Jayashree Jadhav won. Local NCP leaders fell short in celebrating it. In particular, referring to the Goa Assembly election results, NCP Youth Congress working president and spokesperson Ravikant Warpe criticized BJP MLA and city president Mahesh Landage. “Will the wolves who take credit for Goa’s victory accept responsibility for Kolhapur’s defeat?” In fact, former NCP MLAs, including the newly elected city president and election in-charge, should target the local BJP leaders. However, this is not the case. So do local leaders have the guts to call on issues that are a ‘plus point’ for the NCP? Such a question has arisen. Also, the key issue is why what was suggested to Varpen was not suggested to the local office bearers.
