I came here to apologise, I trusted wrong people: Sharad Pawar

Sharad Pawar said he did not want to blame anyone. He took responsibility for the NCP crisis as he said it was his miscalculation.

Sharad Pawar said he did not want to blame anyone. He took responsibility for the NCP crisis as he said it was his miscalculation.

harad Pawar on Saturday addressed a rally in Nashik, his first stop in his state tour to redevelop the Nationalist Congress Party after its split by Ajit Pawar's mutiny. "I have come here to apologise. I erred in trusting some people. Won't repeat the mistake," Sharad Pawar said. In a jibe at nephew Ajit Pawar who called Sharad Pawar old, Pawar said people commenting on his age will have to pay heavily for it.

Referring to PM Modi's recent speech in Bhopal in which he accused NCP leaders of corruption -- days before Ajit Pawar and his supporters joined the government-- Sharad Pawar said PM Modi should take action against the leaders whom he accused of corruption. "PM Modi has all the state machinery at his disposal," Sharad Pawar said.