Supriya Sule, en route, received a request for Father Sharad Pawar’s resignation as NCP chief

New Delhi/Mumabai:

Sharad Pawar’s surprise announcement to step down as leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was met with protests from party officials and leaders yesterday, many of whom were seen in tears urging him to carry on.

Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule also received a similar request this morning.

A sanitation worker who met Supriya Sule on a morning walk this morning urged the veteran politician to reconsider his decision.

The conversation was shared live on Facebook by Ms. Sule – a senior NCP leader.

Sandesh Pawar, speaking in Marathi, urges Mr Pawar to withdraw his resignation in the video.

Ms. Sule later takes a selfie with Sandesh Pawar and thanks him for keeping the city streets clean.

Exactly 15 days ago, Ms. Sule hinted at “two major political explosions” in the next 15 days.

“One (explosion) in Delhi and one in Maharashtra,” Supriya Sule, a senior NCP MP, told reporters, responding to Prakash Ambedkar’s comment about “major political explosions in 15 days,” she had said.

Mr Pawar’s big move comes amid intense excitement surrounding Ajit Pawar, a former deputy prime minister warming up to the BJP.

Sharad Pawar, who served as Union Defense and Agriculture Minister, is one of the country’s top opposition leaders and played a major role in piecing together a then unlikely alliance between Shiv Sena, Congress and the NCP to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra.