On Monday, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar announced that he will not contest the Lok Sabha election 2019 this year. Sharad Pawar announced his decision at a press conference. Sharad Pawar announced that his grandson Parth is keen to contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Maval parliamentary constituency. The NCP chief also said that he is not afraid of contesting the elections because he won the polls "even when the Opposition wave prevailed."

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Sharad Pawar said, "I thought that already two members of my family are contesting polls this time and hence I felt this is right time to take decision to not contest since I already have contested 14 times in the past."According to the reports, NCP senior leader Vijay Singh Mohite Patil or his son Ranjit Mohite Patil will now contest the general elections from Madha Lok Sabha constituency.

 It is to be noted that the decision was taken in a meeting between the Mohite family members. Two reasons are cited for Sharad Pawar's decision to not contest the Lok Sabha election from Madha constituency. Another is that the allied parties have requested Sharad Pawar to campaign for the regional parties across the country in the Lok Sabha election.

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Notably, The sources said that one reason was that the Mohite Patil family was not pleased for not getting the opportunity to contest on any parliamentary seat.It should be noted that Sharad Pawar had earlier declared that he will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, while his nephew Ajit Pawar and others family members will not contest. Speaking to media persons, Pawar had said, "Ajit Pawar is not going to contest the election, Parth Pawar is not going to contest, Rohit Pawar is not going to contest. Sharad Pawar is going to contest."