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	'''Ajit Anantrao Pawar''' (born 22 July 1959) is an Indian politician who is the current [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Maharashtra\|Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] ~~& the~~ Guardian Minister for the ~~city~~ of [[Pune district\|Pune]], [[India]].		'''Ajit Anantrao Pawar''' (born 22 July 1959) is an Indian politician who is the current and 8th [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Maharashtra\|Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] and Guardian Minister for the District of [[Pune district\|Pune]], [[India]].

	He is a member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Baramati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Baramati]] constituency.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/devendra-fadnavis-maharashtra-cm-again-1621847-2019-11-23 Post election when pre election alliance of Shiv Sena and BJP was not able to form Government.President rule was imposed in the state.Surprise, surprise: Devendra Fadnavis sworn in as Maharashtra CM, Ajit Pawar Dy CM, India Today, 23 November 2019]</ref> He is the nephew of [[Sharad Pawar]], the chief of [[Nationalist Congress Party]]. Besides being the [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]], he is also the [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry\|Finance Minister of Maharashtra.]]		He is a member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Baramati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Baramati]] constituency.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/devendra-fadnavis-maharashtra-cm-again-1621847-2019-11-23 Post election when pre election alliance of Shiv Sena and BJP was not able to form Government.President rule was imposed in the state.Surprise, surprise: Devendra Fadnavis sworn in as Maharashtra CM, Ajit Pawar Dy CM, India Today, 23 November 2019]</ref> He is the nephew of [[Sharad Pawar]], the chief of [[Nationalist Congress Party]]. Besides being the [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]], he is also the [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry\|Finance Minister of Maharashtra.]]
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	==Controversies==		==Controversies==
	On 23 November 2019 Ajit Pawar was sworned as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra State with BJP CM .Without his party consent he submitted paper of signatures of NCP MLAs' to Governer of State.But day ~~falled~~ and Government too.		On 23 November 2019 Ajit Pawar was sworned as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra State with BJP CM .Without his party consent he submitted paper of signatures of NCP MLAs' to Governer of State.But day fell and Government too.

	There are allegations that as the minister for water resources he spared no efforts to help in the development of [[Lavasa]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33283 \|title=Lavasa's journey downhill \|publisher=Down To Earth \|date=15 April 2011 \|access-date=9 May 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703211319/http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33283 \|archive-date=3 July 2013 \|url-status=live \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> a project touted as a "vision of Sharad Pawar". The Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation (MKVDC) leased {{convert\|141.15\|ha\|abbr=on}} to Lavasa in August 2002, which included part of Warasgaon dam reservoir. The lease between MKVDC and Lavasa was executed at rates far below the market rate.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33282 \|title=Lavasa exposed \|publisher=Down To Earth \|date=15 April 2011 \|access-date=9 May 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501192046/http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33282 \|archive-date=1 May 2013 \|url-status=live \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		There are allegations that as the minister for water resources he spared no efforts to help in the development of [[Lavasa]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33283 \|title=Lavasa's journey downhill \|publisher=Down To Earth \|date=15 April 2011 \|access-date=9 May 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703211319/http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33283 \|archive-date=3 July 2013 \|url-status=live \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> a project touted as a "vision of Sharad Pawar". The Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation (MKVDC) leased {{convert\|141.15\|ha\|abbr=on}} to Lavasa in August 2002, which included part of Warasgaon dam reservoir. The lease between MKVDC and Lavasa was executed at rates far below the market rate.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33282 \|title=Lavasa exposed \|publisher=Down To Earth \|date=15 April 2011 \|access-date=9 May 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501192046/http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33282 \|archive-date=1 May 2013 \|url-status=live \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>

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'''Ajit Anantrao Pawar''' (born 22 July 1959) is an Indian politician who is the current [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Maharashtra|Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] & the Guardian Minister for the city of [[Pune district|Pune]], [[India]].

He is a member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Baramati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baramati]] constituency.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/devendra-fadnavis-maharashtra-cm-again-1621847-2019-11-23 Post election when pre election alliance of Shiv Sena and BJP was not able to form Government.President rule was imposed in the state.Surprise, surprise: Devendra Fadnavis sworn in as Maharashtra CM, Ajit Pawar Dy CM, India Today, 23 November 2019]</ref> He is the nephew of [[Sharad Pawar]], the chief of [[Nationalist Congress Party]]. Besides being the [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]], he is also the [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry|Finance Minister of Maharashtra.]]

==Early life==

Ajit Anantrao Pawar was born on 22 July 1959 at his grandfather's place in Deolali Pravara, [[Ahmednagar district|Ahmednagar]] district. He completed his schooling in Deolali, Pravara. He hails from the village of Katevadi in [[Baramati]] Taluka, Pune district. He is the Nephew of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] President, [[Sharad Pawar]].

Ajit Pawar is the son of [[Sharad Pawar]]'s elder brother Anantrao Pawar. Anantrao had initially worked for renowned film maker, [[V.Shantaram]]'s "Rajkamal Studios" in [[Mumbai]]. Ajit Pawar's grandfather Govindrao Pawar was employed with Baramati Co-operative trading and his grandmother looked after the family farm.
Pawar was pursuing his graduation but he had to leave formal education due to untimely death of his father, so he left college and started looking after his family. He is educated up to Secondary school level and holds the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) from the [[Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education|Maharashtra State Board]].

==Political career==

While Ajit Pawar <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/people/who-is-ajit-pawar-500245 |title=Ajit Pawar |work=NDTV |access-date=29 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529204442/https://www.ndtv.com/people/who-is-ajit-pawar-500245 |archive-date=29 May 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> was pursuing his primary education at Deolali Pravara, his uncle, [[Sharad Pawar]] had become a rising political figure in the ruling Congress party. Therefore, Ajit moved to Bombay for his further education. The younger Pawar made his foray into politics in 1982 when he was elected to the board of a [[Cooperative sugar factories in Maharashtra|cooperative sugar factory]] . He was elected chairman of the [[Pune District Central Cooperative Bank|Pune District Co-operative Bank]] (PDC) in 1991 and remained in the post for 16 years. During this period he was also elected as [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]] from the [[Baramati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baramati]]. He later vacated his [[Lok Sabha]] seat in favour of his uncle, Sharad Pawar, who had then become defence minister in [[PV Narasimha Rao]]'s government. Thereafter, he was elected as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA) from [[Baramati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baramati]]. Pawar was re-elected from the same constituency in 1995, 1999, 2004, 2009, and 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/baramati-stays-with-ajit-pawar/|title=Baramati stays with Ajit Pawar|work=[[The Indian Express]]|publisher=[[Indian Express Group]]|date=20 October 2014|access-date=7 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112215336/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/baramati-stays-with-ajit-pawar/|archive-date=12 November 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
He went on to become minister of state for Agriculture and Power (June 1991 - November 1992) in [[Sudhakarrao Naik]]'s government.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

Later he became minister of state for Soil Conservation, Power and Planning (November 1992 - February 1993) when [[Sharad Pawar]] returned to the state as chief minister. When the [[Indian National Congress]]-NCP coalition came into power in 1999, Pawar was promoted to cabinet minister, firstly in the Irrigation Department (October 1999 - December 2003) in [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]'s government. He was given additional charge of the Rural Development Department (December 2003 - October 2004) in [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]'s government.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}
When Congress-NCP combination returned to power in 2004, he retained the Water Resources Ministry in Deshmukh's government and later in [[Ashok Chavan]]'s government.

He was the [[List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra|Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] State from 23 to 26 November 2019 for less than 80 hours. Thus, he became Deputy CM with the shortest tenure in [[Devendra Fadnavis]] led government. On 1 December 2019, it was announced that Pawar would take over as Deputy Chief Minister after the commencement of the winter session of the state legislature on 16 December.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/ajit-pawar-to-be-deputy-cm-after-winter-session-begins/articleshow/72326204.cms|title=Ajit Pawar to be deputy CM after winter session begins|date=2 December 2019|first=Prafulla|last=Marpakwar|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-03}}</ref>

==Controversies==
On 23 November 2019 Ajit Pawar was sworned as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra State with BJP CM .Without his party consent he submitted paper of signatures of NCP MLAs' to Governer of State.But day falled and Government too.

There are allegations that as the minister for water resources he spared no efforts to help in the development of [[Lavasa]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33283 |title=Lavasa's journey downhill |publisher=Down To Earth |date=15 April 2011 |access-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703211319/http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33283 |archive-date=3 July 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> a project touted as a "vision of Sharad Pawar". The Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation (MKVDC) leased {{convert|141.15|ha|abbr=on}} to Lavasa in August 2002, which included part of Warasgaon dam reservoir. The lease between MKVDC and Lavasa was executed at rates far below the market rate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33282 |title=Lavasa exposed |publisher=Down To Earth |date=15 April 2011 |access-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501192046/http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33282 |archive-date=1 May 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In September 2012, there were accusations that there had been misappropriation of funds amounting to Rs. 70,000 Crores (about $13 billion). These allegations were made by a Maharashtra bureaucrat, [[Vijay Pandhare]], and caused [[Anjali Damania]] to request Pawar's resignation as a minister. However, the allegations were not proved and hence he was reinstated as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/ajit-pawar-to-return-as-maharashtra-deputy-chief-minister-112120605099_1.html|title= Ajit Pawar reinstated |newspaper=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-11-24|date= 6 December 2012 }}</ref>

He told the Indian Election Commission in 2004 that he had financial assets of more than 3 crore Rupees at that time.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}

On 7 April 2013, Ajit Pawar in an attempt at being comical about his inability to bring waters to the dams, made a controversial statement with regards to an activist fasting for 55 days in Maharashtra against the current drought crisis. He stated wrong statement about water crisis at a function at Indapur near Pune which kicked off controversy in a state reeling under severe drought. Later, due to the political and media pressure, he apologized for the same and admitted his off the cuff comment was the biggest mistake of his life.<ref>{{cite web |author=PTI 8 Apr 2013, 07.29PM IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-08/india/38372423_1_ajit-pawar-crass-humour-deputy-cm |title=Ajit Pawar apologizes again, says 'this is biggest mistake of my life' |access-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601065447/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-08/india/38372423_1_ajit-pawar-crass-humour-deputy-cm |archive-date=1 June 2013 |url-status=dead |work=[[The Times of India]] |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Sharad Pawar]]
*[[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.ajitpawar.org/ Ajit Pawar] Official Website

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