Sharad Pawar’s wife and granddaughter were not allowed to enter the Textile Park in Baramati

Nationalist Congress Party/NCP (SP) chief Pratibha Pawar and his granddaughter Revati Sule, along with others, were allegedly denied entry to the Textile Park in Baramati, the birthplace of the Pawar family, for almost half an hour. Later, the duo was allowed to enter the premises where they were going to campaign for NCP (SP) nominee Yugendra Pawar.

Sharad Pawar’s daughter and Baramati MP Supriya Sule alleged that her mother Pratibha Pawar and her daughter Revati Sule were stopped at the entrance of Textile Park despite asking the security guard to let them in. In a video of the entire episode, which has since gone viral, the security guard is seen informing Pratibha Pawar that the gates have been closed on the instructions of the head manager. In the same video, a woman accompanying Pratibha Pawar is heard telling the security guard: “We didn’t come here to steal anything. We have come to shop. Let’s visit the park.”

“They were held back for more than 25 minutes despite repeated requests from my mother. Interestingly, this textile park was brought to Baramati by Sharad Pawar. It is fine that they have power and can do whatever they want,” Sule said in an apparent dig at Ajit Pawar, whose wife and Rajya Sabha (RS) MP Sunetra Pawar is the director of this park, where 11 units are involved in the production of ready-made products. lap.

At the park, Pratibha Pawar urged voters to bring the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) to power. “I am sure that the MVA government will come to power and it will come to power with your help,” she said.

A male assistant accompanying Pratibha Pawar and Revati Sule confirmed that they were not allowed to enter the premises for at least 30 minutes.

When contacted, Anil Wagh, head manager of Textile Park, said he was not aware that Pratibha Pawar would be visiting the property. “I was only told that a political meeting was going to take place. Since there was no permission for such a rally, I instructed the security personnel at the gate not to allow any rally inside,” Wagh claimed.

“When I was told that Pratibha Kaki, as Pratibha Pawar is popularly known, had arrived, I immediately asked the security guards to open the gate and let them in,” he said.

According to Wagh, Pratibha Pawar and Revati Sule visited some companies on site and interacted with women employees.

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Nationalist Congress Party (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Sunday joined other political leaders who were subjected to ‘scrutinies’ by Election Commission of India (ECI) officials ahead of election day on November 20.

A team of ECI officials conducted a thorough check of Pawar’s luggage and the helicopter in which he was scheduled to fly to Solapur for an election rally later this afternoon, raising eyebrows in political circles.

Photo Caption: Screenshot of video where security guard is seen.