<p>Mumbai: Asha-tai Pawar, Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's mother, on Wednesday said she prayed to Lord Vitthal that her son and his estranged uncle Sharad Pawar should come together again.</p><p>Asha-tai visited the famous Vitthal and Rukmini temple at Pandharpur in the morning.</p>.'Some are unhappy': NCP chief Ajit Pawar on portfolio allocation in Maharashtra.<p>Talking to reporters outside the temple, she said, "I prayed that all the grievances within the Pawar family should end, and Ajit and Sharad Pawar come together again. I hope my prayers will be granted."</p><p>Her remarks came amid speculation that efforts to bring the rival factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) together were underway after the Maharashtra Assembly elections.</p>.After poll fight, patch up talks: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar's mother bats for Sharad-Ajit unity.<p>Ajit Pawar, who started out in politics as his uncle's protege, parted ways with him after more than three decades by splitting the party and joining the Shiv Sena-BJP government in the state in July 2023.</p><p>In the legal battle that followed, Ajit Pawar secured the NCP's electoral symbol. His party also outperformed the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) in the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections.</p><p>Asked about Asha-tai's remarks, Praful Patel, a senior leader of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, said, "Sharad Pawar has always been like a father to us. We even met him last month to wish him happy birthday, but it was not a political meeting.</p><p>"Although we have taken a different political stand, we have always respected Sharad Pawar greatly," Patel told reporters in Gadchiroli.</p><p>"If the Pawar family reunites, we would be very happy....I consider myself a part of the Pawar family," he added.</p><p>He also said that "a reunion would not bring any disrespect to anyone."</p><p>Elsewhere, another NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Narhari Zirwal said he was too junior to speak on such matters, but a reunion would benefit party workers like him.</p><p>"We feel distressed (due to the split in the NCP), as we hold Sharad Pawar in great respect," he added.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Asha-tai Pawar, Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's mother, on Wednesday said she prayed to Lord Vitthal that her son and his estranged uncle Sharad Pawar should come together again.</p><p>Asha-tai visited the famous Vitthal and Rukmini temple at Pandharpur in the morning.</p>.'Some are unhappy': NCP chief Ajit Pawar on portfolio allocation in Maharashtra.<p>Talking to reporters outside the temple, she said, "I prayed that all the grievances within the Pawar family should end, and Ajit and Sharad Pawar come together again. I hope my prayers will be granted."</p><p>Her remarks came amid speculation that efforts to bring the rival factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) together were underway after the Maharashtra Assembly elections.</p>.After poll fight, patch up talks: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar's mother bats for Sharad-Ajit unity.<p>Ajit Pawar, who started out in politics as his uncle's protege, parted ways with him after more than three decades by splitting the party and joining the Shiv Sena-BJP government in the state in July 2023.</p><p>In the legal battle that followed, Ajit Pawar secured the NCP's electoral symbol. His party also outperformed the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) in the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections.</p><p>Asked about Asha-tai's remarks, Praful Patel, a senior leader of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, said, "Sharad Pawar has always been like a father to us. We even met him last month to wish him happy birthday, but it was not a political meeting.</p><p>"Although we have taken a different political stand, we have always respected Sharad Pawar greatly," Patel told reporters in Gadchiroli.</p><p>"If the Pawar family reunites, we would be very happy....I consider myself a part of the Pawar family," he added.</p><p>He also said that "a reunion would not bring any disrespect to anyone."</p><p>Elsewhere, another NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Narhari Zirwal said he was too junior to speak on such matters, but a reunion would benefit party workers like him.</p><p>"We feel distressed (due to the split in the NCP), as we hold Sharad Pawar in great respect," he added.</p>