Ajit Pawar is an Indian politician from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He is an MLA from Maharashtra and is the nephew of Sharad Pawar.
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Ajit Pawar was born on Wednesday, 22 July 1959 (age 64 years; as of 2023) in Deolali Pravara, Bombay State, India. His zodiac sign is Cancer. His full name is Ajit Anantrao Pawar. He did his schooling from Maharashtra Education Society High School in Baramati, Maharashtra. He has a Secondary School Certificate (SSC) from Maharashtra State Board, and is also a college dropout. He moved to Mumbai to pursue graduation, but his father passed away when he was in college, so he had to leave his studies and come back home to take care of his family.
An old picture of Ajit Pawar
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Black
Family, Caste and Wife
Ajit Pawar is of Maratha ethnicity and belongs to Other Backward Caste (OBC) (Note: According to the Gazette of India, people whose surname is ‘Powar’ or ‘Pawar’ but do not belong to this community should not do so) included in the community). His father, Anantrao Pawar, worked for the prominent film producer, V. Shantaram, at “Rajkamal Studios” in Bombay. His mother’s name is not known. His grandparents’ names are Govind Pawar and Sharda Pawar. His elder brother Srinivas is a businessman. His sister, Vijaya Patil (media person), died on 22 January 2017.
Ajit Pawar’s sister Vijaya Patil
Ajit Pawar is married to Sunetra Pawar, daughter of former Maharashtra minister Padmasingh Bajirao Patil. They have two sons, Jai Pawar and Parth Pawar. While Jai is a businessman, Parth is a politician who contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Maval constituency in Maharashtra but lost by a huge margin of 2,15,193 votes.
Ajit Pawar with his wife Sunetra Pawar and his sons Jai Pawar (top left) and Parth Pawar (top right)
Ajit Pawar family tree
livelihood
In 1982, Ajit Pawar entered active politics after being elected to the board of a co-operative sugar factory in Pune. In 1991, he was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time from Baramati constituency in Maharashtra. However, when Sharad Pawar was appointed as the Defense Minister in the PV Narasimha Rao government, he was not a Member of Parliament at that time and within a period of six months he had to become a Member of Parliament, hence Ajit vacated his seat for Sharad Pawar. Vacated.
NCP workers welcoming Ajit Pawar
In the same year, Ajit contested and won the Maharashtra Assembly elections from Baramati seat. He retained his seat and was re-elected from the same constituency in 1995, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019. Over the years, he has handled many departments like agriculture, finance, irrigation, power and deputy chief. Minister of Maharashtra.
Ajit Pawar with Prithviraj Chavan after taking oath as Deputy CM of Maharashtra in 2012
Ajit is famous as Dada (elder brother) among his close ones and followers. He is very popular among the youth wing of the NCP, and they often chant “Ekach Dada Ajit Dada” to address him. He won the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly election from Baramati Assembly seat by 1,66,000 votes; Which was the highest in the state. However, on 23 November 2019, Ajit supported BJP without Sharad Pawar’s consent and he took oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra succeeding Devendra Fadnavis as CM. However, on 26 November 2019, he resigned from the post of Deputy CM. Reportedly, the support letters of 54 MLAs that he claimed to have, were just the attendance sheets of 54 NCP MLAs, which he had submitted to Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
Ajit Pawar with Devendra Fadnavis (left) and Bhagat Singh Koshyari after taking oath as Deputy CM in 2019
On 30 December 2019, after Maha Vikas Aghadi came to power, he was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the fourth time.
Ajit Pawar is taking oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the fourth time.
In 2022, he became the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly. On 2 July 2023, he joined the Shiv Sena-BJP coalition government and was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister for the fifth time. In the Maharashtra Cabinet expansion on 14 July 2023, he was given the Finance and Planning Department.
controversies
- In August 2002, when he was the Water Resources Minister, he reportedly leased 141.15 hectares (348.8 acres) of land from the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation (MKVDC) to Lavasa, a dream project of Sharad Pawar. Reportedly, the land deal between MKVDC and Lavasa was done at rates much below the market rate.
- In September 2012, his name cropped up in a scam worth Rs 70,000 crore. Former Maharashtra bureaucrat Vijay Pandhare made these allegations against Ajit. After these allegations, Ajit had to resign from the post of Deputy CM of Maharashtra. However, he was reinstated after getting a clean chit.
- In April 2013, speaking on power cuts and load-shedding, he said-
I have noticed that more children are being born now because the lights are switching off at night. Then there is no work left.”
- On 16 April 2014, Ajit was campaigning for his cousin Supriya Sule for the 2014 general elections. He was in Masalwadi village of Baramati, and he threatened the farmers that if they did not vote for Sule, he would punish them by cutting off the water supply to their village.
- On 2 November 2021, Pawar’s assets were worth Rs. Rs 1,000 crore, which includes a sugar factory, a residential property in South Delhi, an office in a posh area of Mumbai (believed to be Nirmal Tower in Nariman Point), a resort in Goa and land in various parts of the state, Was temporarily attached. By Income Tax Department. Earlier, in October 2021, the late had conducted several raids on businesses and properties of relatives and associates of Mr Pawar.
Address
- Pawar Bungalow, Katewadi, Baramati, Pune -413102
Car/Vehicle Collection
property/property
Source:
- Bank Deposit: Rs 65.66 lakh
- Bonds and Debentures: Rs 9.66 lakh
- Jewellery: 391 grams of gold and other jewellery, worth Rs 12.34 lakh and 30 kg silver, worth Rs 11.85 lakh.
- Agricultural land: Value Rs 2.78 crore in Baramati
- Non-agricultural land: Price in Baramati Rs 47.95 lakh
- Residential Building: Bungalow worth 16.
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