This Article is From May 03, 2023

Watch: Supriya Sule, Out On Walk, Got A Request After Father's Resignation

Sharad Pawar's resignation: A sanitation worker, who had met Supriya Sule while she was out on a morning walk this morning, requested the veteran politician to reconsider his decision.

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Sharad Pawar's surprise announcement to step down as the chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) yesterday was met with protests by party workers and leaders, many of whom could be seen in tears urging him to continue.

Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule also received a similar request this morning.

A sanitation worker, who had met Supriya Sule while she was out on a morning walk, requested the veteran politician to reconsider his decision.

The conversation was shared live on Facebook by Ms Sule - a senior NCP leader.

Sandesh Pawar, speaking in Marathi, is seen requesting Mr Pawar to withdraw his resignation in the video.

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Ms Sule later clicks a selfie with Sandesh Pawar and thank him to keep the city roads clean, the video shows.

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Ms Sule had exactly 15 days ago hinted at "two big political explosions" in the next 15 days.

"One (explosion) in Delhi and one in Maharashtra," Supriya Sule, a senior NCP MP, told reporters, responding to Prakash Ambedkar's comment on "big political explosions in 15 days"," she had said.

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Emotions ran high as Sharad Pawar announced his decision to quit the party's top post at the launch of his autobiography, with nephew Ajit Pawar by his side.

Party leaders and workers protested against his decision, while some broke down amid a chorus that Mr Pawar should continue as the NCP supremo.

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Ajit Pawar and Supriya Sule, met him in the evening along with other party leaders and later told reporters that he has sought a few days' time.

Sharad Pawar, who served as Union Defence and Agriculture minister, is one of the country's top Opposition leaders and had a big role in stitching together a then unlikely alliance between Shiv Sena, Congress, and NCP to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra.

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"We told Sharad Pawar that the workers are unhappy. You be the president and appoint a working president. Sharad Pawar listened to us and then asked us to come back here and speak to the workers sitting here," Ajit Pawar said.

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