’I should stop somewhere’- Sharad Pawar

Sharad Pawar, the leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (SP), made a suggestion on Tuesday that he would leave politics. Having run for office fourteen times, the senior politician emphasized the importance of transferring responsibility to the next generation.

During his trip to Baramati to support his grandson and party candidate Yugendra Pawar, who will run against his uncle Ajit Pawar in the Maharashtra assembly elections on November 20, Pawar made the statement. Pawar said he would think about leaving his legislative position once his term in the Rajya Sabha was over.

“I am not in power. I am in Rajya Sabha and the last one and a half years are left. I have already contested 14 elections. How many more shall I contest? Every time you have made me win the elections. I should stop somewhere. A new generation should be brought in,” quoting Pawar.

The former chief minister declared that he will not run for office in the Lok Sabha and that he would carry on with his social activities without the necessity for elections. I’m not going to run for office.

In 2026, Pawar’s term in the Rajya Sabha will come to an end. Speaking at a public gathering in Shirsuphal, Pawar praised the role that Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had played in Baramati but maintained that the area requires new leadership in order to flourish over the next thirty years.

“Now, it’s time to prepare for the future. We need to groom leadership that will work for the next 30 years,” the former Union minister said, adding that everyone should get an opportunity, and he had never held anyone back.