NCP (SP) Chief Sharad Pawar with party leader Jayant Patil, who is the son of late Congress veteran Rajaram Patil. File
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Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) President Sharad Pawar on Friday (September 19, 2025) spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over phone and expressed dissatisfaction over BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar’s alleged derogatory comments about senior NCP (SP) leader Jayant Patil’s parents.
Maharashtra always supports progressive thoughts and the remarks made by Padalkar do not reflect the state’s culture, Mr. Pawar told the CM.
Mr. Padalkar made the remarks at a rally in Jat, his assembly constituency in Sangli district.
Mr. Patil, who was till recently the state NCP (SP) chief and served as a minister for several years, is the son of late Rajaram Patil, a Congress veteran and one of the pioneers of the cooperation sector in western Maharashtra.
NCP sources said Mr. Pawar, who is on a tour of Kolhapur, spoke to CM Fadnavis over phone in the morning.
“Making such comments is not Maharashtra’s culture. Maharashtra has always supported progressive thoughts. Such comments are unacceptable,” Pawar told Fadnavis, and requested him to look into the matter.
Published – September 19, 2025 04:31 pm IST
