Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who is often surrounded by controversies due to his crude comments, allegedly threatened to cut off water supply to villagers not voting for his cousin Supriya Sule, the daughter of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.

Ajit Pawar was caught on mobile phone camera allegedly threatening people in Masalwadi village in Baramati Lok Sabha constituency on the eve of April 17 polling. In the discreetly shot video, Pawar is heard discussing water scarcity in the villages in Baramati, from where Sule is seeking re-election. WATCH VIDEO

During the course of discussion, the NCP chief's nephew allegedly warned the villagers that if they don't vote for Sule, he will stop water supply to the village. Modi not capable of leading our country, says Ajit Pawar

"We could see on the voting machine which village has voted whom... I was the one who brought water to the village after lot of efforts and if you don't vote for us, I will stop water supply to the village," Ajit Pawar is heard as saying in Marathi.

A little later, a villager questioned the NCP strongman what happened to the promises of regular water to the village that he had made in 2006. When the youth persisted for an answer Pawar's supporters tried to force him down. He then insisted that he was an NCP supporter and he had the right to seek answers. The villager's stand irked the deputy CM and he asked his supporters to forcibly take him out.

Later, the candidates of Shiv Sena and Aam Aadmi Party complained to the Election Commission in this regard. EC observer V. Kumar told Headlines Today he would look into the complaint and send a report to the commission. Sharad Pawar sparks row, urges party workers to vote twice



Ajit Pawar had sparked a massive row last year after his crass remarks at drought-hit farmers, asking them if he would urinate to fill dams that were low on water.