NCP worker writes 'letter in blood' appealing Pawar to withdraw his decision

A day after Sharad Pawar announced his decision to step down as the NCP president senior party leaders held a discussion here on Wednesday on the road ahead even as Chhagan Bhujbal said Pawars daughter and Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule was ideal for a national roleAn NCP worker from Pune wrote a letter in blood appealing to Pawar to withdraw his decision and not make him and several other party workers orphanPawar was present at the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in Mumbai where the NCP leaders held the discussion informally but he did not attend the meetBefore the discussion Bhujbal told reporters he was of the view that Supriya Sule was ideal for a national role as she has a good grasp of issuesShe has been doing well as a parliamentarian So there will be no problem on deciding the new NCP president Ajit Pawar should handle the responsibility of the state Maharashtra The division of work is already there he saidPawar 82 on Tuesday dropped a bombshell by saying he is stepping down as chief of the NCP which he founded and helmed since 1999 but not retiring from public lifeThe announcement made at an event stumped leaders and workers of the 24yearold party and many were seen crying and pleading with the Maratha strongman to reconsider his decisionAjit Pawar later on Tuesday announced his uncle will need two to three days to think over his decisionAlso readJitendra Awhad resigns as NCP general secretary day after Sharad Pawar steps down as party chiefBhujbal on Wednesday said Pawars announcement to step down as the NCP chief came as a shock to everyoneWe will persuade him to withdraw his decision he saidAfter the meeting of NCP leaders Bhujbal said there was no meeting as such of a committee formed by Sharad Pawar to decide on his successorSince we were in Mumbai we met informally to discuss how to persuade Pawar saheb to withdraw his resignation he saidWhat I spoke in the morning with reference to Supriya Sule is my personal view Bhujbal saidMeanwhile Sandip Kale an NCP worker from Pune who also operates an autorickshaw in a letter addressed to Sharad Pawar claimed he is God daivat to the common party workers like him and wondered whom they will look up to after himHe appealed to Sharad Pawar not to make him and several other party workers orphan and requested him to withdraw his decisionI have been running an autorickshaw for the last 10 years and am the party worker for several years I did not like the decision taken by saheb and to convey my feelings I penned a letter in my own blood and sent it to him he told PTIAnother NCP leader Jitendra Awhad claimed Sharad Pawar was Bhishma Pitamah a character from Mahabharata of the political and social movements in the stateHis energy gives us strength an emotional Awhad told reporters adding that he has resigned as the NCPs national general secretary and the party workers from Thane have also resigned en massMaharashtra needs Sharad Pawar His withdrawal from active politics is a big loss for the state which is suffering in the fields of culture economy industry and politics he saidIn order to stop this loss Sharad Pawar has been requested to withdraw his resignation Awhad saidA storm is currently raging in the state and Sharad Pawars support is needed to fight such a situation he addedNCP spokesman Mahesh Tapase told reporters that party workers wanted Sharad Pawar to continue as the political outfits national presidentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever