New Delhi: Supriya Sule was on Tuesday brought in
as a member of the NCP Working Committee in clear signals by
party chief Sharad Pawar that his daughter will do politics at
the national level.
Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar, who is conspicuous by his
absence from the 19-member top decision-making body of the
NCP, is expected to concentrate on politics in Maharashtra.
A highlight of the re-constituted Working Committee is
that the NCP becomes the first national party which has two
father-daughter pairs in the top body as senior leader P A
Sangma is also part of it as so is his daughter Agatha.
While, Agatha is a two-term member of the Lok Sabha and
Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Supriya was
earlier a Rajya Sabha member and now represents Baramati in
the Lower House.
"You can draw your own conclusions. Right now there is no
such issue in our party," NCP general secretary D P Tripathi
said when asked whether Supriya's elevation to the Working
Committee meant that she was the political heir to Pawar.
Tripathi, who was grilled over the absence of Ajit, a
leader in his own right, in the Working Committee, said he was
left out as several leaders from outside Maharashtra had to be
accommodated.
Ajit is a Cabinet Minister in the Congress-NCP government
in Maharashtra in-charge of Power and Water Resources
portfolios.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 18:39