Ajit starts Mumbai poll campaign from Nawab Malik’s constituency
Hindustan TimesMUMBAI: Paying no heed to the opposition raised by the Bharatiya Janata Party, Ajit Pawar not only fielded former minister Nawab Malik for the assembly elections but kicked off his party’s Mumbai poll campaign from Malik’s constituency on Thursday. Malik is contesting from Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar against the Samajwadi Party’s state chief, Abu Asim Azmi. Ajit starts Mumbai poll campaign from Nawab Malik’s constituency Pawar, president of the Nationalist Congress Party, and an ally of the BJP in the ruling Mahayuti alliance, held a roadshow which was routed through Anushkti Nagar, Malik’s erstwhile constituency, from where his daughter Sana Shaikh is fighting the elections this time. Asked about campaigning for Malik, Pawar said, “I am fulfilling my responsibility.” Asked to comment on his ally’s opposition to this, he replied, “We are campaigning for him.” Pawar slammed Azmi for failing his constituency.