Parth Pawar, son of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who is known for causing embarrassment to the Pawar family, has done it again. This time, he met a gangster and history-sheeter in Pune, invoking a reprimand from none other than his father.
“The meeting between Parth and Gajanan Marne was absolutely wrong. I am collecting information in this regard. It seems a party worker took Parth to a place where Gajanan Marne was present. Such a thing should not have happened. When I meet Parth, I will tell him that his behaviour was wrong,” he said.
Parth had reportedly met Marne on Wednesday. The photo of their meeting has now gone viral on social media.
The Marne gang was involved in the recent murder of gangster Sharad Mohol, whose wife Swati is an office bearer of the BJP. When Parth met Marne, NCP city chief Deepak Mankar was apparently present with him. Marne was arrested in the murder case of Pappu Gawde and Amol Badhe. He was arrested and lodged in the Yerawada jail for three years.
Meanwhile, Ajit Pawar said such a thing had happened to him in the past. “This happened in Pimpri-Chinchwad. A local Pimpri-Chinchwad leader had brought a person to me to include him in the party. That individual joined the party. Later that day I learnt he is a goon. I immediately removed him from the party,” he said.
NCP leader Eknath Khadse said, “Parth’s meeting with Marne was wrong. As per my information, there are at least six criminal cases against Gajanan Marne. Parth’s father is a Deputy Chief Minister and I am sure he will take serious note of it.”
This is not the first time Parth has caused embarrassment to his family. Parth’s decision to contest from the Maval Lok Sabha seat in 2019 had caused a rift in the Pawar family. Parth, who is known to freely tweet his views, had run afoul of his grandfather Sharad Pawar, the NCP national chief.
After Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, he had demanded a CBI probe at a time when the Maha Vikas Aghadi government was in power. The MVA was against a CBI probe.
In 2019, Parth badly lost the Lok Sabha election from the Maval seat, a first for the Pawar family.