<p>Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed that Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar will not join hands with the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in his lifetime.</p>.'Secret meetings' between Pawars a matter of concern: Maharashtra Congress.<p>Talking to reporters, Raut further claimed a prime minister of the opposition I.N.D.I.A alliance will hoist the national flag at the Red Fort in Delhi next year 2024 and the country is waiting for that “auspicious” moment.</p>.<p>“I don't think Sharad Pawar will join hands with the BJP till the time he lives. He is rebuilding his party,” the Rajya Sabha member said.</p>.<p>Sharad Pawar's party is an ally of the opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress in Maharashtra.</p>.<p>A meeting between Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who is his nephew, at the residence of a businessman in Pune on Saturday has created a buzz in political circles.</p>.<p>Asked whether Ajit Pawar gave any offer to Sharad Pawar during the meeting, Raut said, “When did Ajit Pawar become so big to give an offer to Sharad Pawar." </p><p>"It is Sharad Pawar who made Ajit Pawar. Sharad Pawar has been the chief minister of the state for four terms and served as the Union minister multiple times,” Raut added.</p>.<p>His remarks came days after an editorial in the Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece '<em>Saamana</em>' said the frequent meetings between Sharad Pawar and his nephew were tarnishing the image of the NCP founder.</p>.<p>The Marathi daily also said it is amusing that Ajit Pawar is frequently meeting his uncle and the latter is also not avoiding it.</p>.Sharad Pawar may have invited Ajit to I.N.D.I.A meet in Mumbai: Raut.<p>After the meeting in Pune last month, Sharad Pawar and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar brushed it off saying it was not a secret meeting, amid overtures from the rebel NCP camp led by Ajit Pawar to senior Pawar to give them his blessings.</p>.<p>Speaking in his hometown Baramati on Tuesday, Sharad Pawar said some people in the party have taken a different path, but 'once they realize the situation, their stand may change." </p><p>"Whether they change their stand or not, we will not deviate from the path we have chosen,” he told a gathering.</p>.<p>“I have told Maharashtra (voters) to vote for someone. And now, I can not tell them to vote for someone whom we have opposed all along," Pawar senior added.</p>
<p>Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed that Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar will not join hands with the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in his lifetime.</p>.'Secret meetings' between Pawars a matter of concern: Maharashtra Congress.<p>Talking to reporters, Raut further claimed a prime minister of the opposition I.N.D.I.A alliance will hoist the national flag at the Red Fort in Delhi next year 2024 and the country is waiting for that “auspicious” moment.</p>.<p>“I don't think Sharad Pawar will join hands with the BJP till the time he lives. He is rebuilding his party,” the Rajya Sabha member said.</p>.<p>Sharad Pawar's party is an ally of the opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress in Maharashtra.</p>.<p>A meeting between Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who is his nephew, at the residence of a businessman in Pune on Saturday has created a buzz in political circles.</p>.<p>Asked whether Ajit Pawar gave any offer to Sharad Pawar during the meeting, Raut said, “When did Ajit Pawar become so big to give an offer to Sharad Pawar." </p><p>"It is Sharad Pawar who made Ajit Pawar. Sharad Pawar has been the chief minister of the state for four terms and served as the Union minister multiple times,” Raut added.</p>.<p>His remarks came days after an editorial in the Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece '<em>Saamana</em>' said the frequent meetings between Sharad Pawar and his nephew were tarnishing the image of the NCP founder.</p>.<p>The Marathi daily also said it is amusing that Ajit Pawar is frequently meeting his uncle and the latter is also not avoiding it.</p>.Sharad Pawar may have invited Ajit to I.N.D.I.A meet in Mumbai: Raut.<p>After the meeting in Pune last month, Sharad Pawar and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar brushed it off saying it was not a secret meeting, amid overtures from the rebel NCP camp led by Ajit Pawar to senior Pawar to give them his blessings.</p>.<p>Speaking in his hometown Baramati on Tuesday, Sharad Pawar said some people in the party have taken a different path, but 'once they realize the situation, their stand may change." </p><p>"Whether they change their stand or not, we will not deviate from the path we have chosen,” he told a gathering.</p>.<p>“I have told Maharashtra (voters) to vote for someone. And now, I can not tell them to vote for someone whom we have opposed all along," Pawar senior added.</p>