<p>At one point in time, the maverick Ajit Pawar was considered as the political heir of NCP founder-president Sharad Pawar.</p>.<p>But the 60-year old Pawar nephew has landed himself in an embarrassing situation, twice in three months. </p>.<p>First in September, when he resigned as Baramati MLA in the wake of his name coming in Rs 25,000 crore MSCB scam and now switching sides to BJP. </p>.<p>His plan was to take a sizable number of 54 NCP MLAs and form a government.</p>.<p>BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and Pawar became the CM and Dy CM, respectively, but had to resign. </p>.<p>He reached a point of no return - but pressure from party and family led him to put in his papers. </p>.<p>When Pawar Jr left he had the support of 36 MLAs enough to escape anti-defection law, but in 80 hrs, he was left with just two.</p>.<p>To convince him, a battery of NCP leaders Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, Jayant Patil, Dilip Walse-Patil and Chhagan Bhujbal spoke to him over phone several times, and held closed-door meetings.</p>.<p>His aunt, Pratibha Tai also spoke to him.</p>.<p>Besides, Sadanand Sule, husband of Supriya Sule also met him.</p>.<p>Dada, as he is popularly known, is a seven-time MLA from Baramati, was considered the political heir to Sharad Pawar.</p>.<p>"It was very clear in the family, that Ajit will be in state politics, Supriya in national politics," Pawar family sources said.</p>.<p>Now, we have third-generation politicians from family Rohit Pawar, an MLA from Karjat-Jamkhed.</p>.<p>Ajit's son Parth was launched in politics during Lok Sabha polls but he lost from Maval. </p>
<p>At one point in time, the maverick Ajit Pawar was considered as the political heir of NCP founder-president Sharad Pawar.</p>.<p>But the 60-year old Pawar nephew has landed himself in an embarrassing situation, twice in three months. </p>.<p>First in September, when he resigned as Baramati MLA in the wake of his name coming in Rs 25,000 crore MSCB scam and now switching sides to BJP. </p>.<p>His plan was to take a sizable number of 54 NCP MLAs and form a government.</p>.<p>BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and Pawar became the CM and Dy CM, respectively, but had to resign. </p>.<p>He reached a point of no return - but pressure from party and family led him to put in his papers. </p>.<p>When Pawar Jr left he had the support of 36 MLAs enough to escape anti-defection law, but in 80 hrs, he was left with just two.</p>.<p>To convince him, a battery of NCP leaders Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, Jayant Patil, Dilip Walse-Patil and Chhagan Bhujbal spoke to him over phone several times, and held closed-door meetings.</p>.<p>His aunt, Pratibha Tai also spoke to him.</p>.<p>Besides, Sadanand Sule, husband of Supriya Sule also met him.</p>.<p>Dada, as he is popularly known, is a seven-time MLA from Baramati, was considered the political heir to Sharad Pawar.</p>.<p>"It was very clear in the family, that Ajit will be in state politics, Supriya in national politics," Pawar family sources said.</p>.<p>Now, we have third-generation politicians from family Rohit Pawar, an MLA from Karjat-Jamkhed.</p>.<p>Ajit's son Parth was launched in politics during Lok Sabha polls but he lost from Maval. </p>
