“Has Rohit Pawar ever performed cricket? Ask him to first play one fit and ranking 5 to ten runs earlier than taking rate… That is acceptable to everybody, together with myself, if I intend to go a cricket frame,” stated BJP chief Gopichand Padalkar, a sour critic of the Pawar circle of relatives. Criticising the Pawar circle of relatives’s position at the sports activities box, Padalkar additionally commented on Sharad Pawar heading the wrestling federation. “Did he ever input the wrestling bout? In a similar fashion, Ajit Pawar headed a cricket frame, and Supriya Sule a kho kho frame… Did they ever play those sports activities?” he requested.

BJP MLA Nilesh Rane took a jibe at 37-year-old Rohit, and stated, “What’s Rohit Pawar’s contribution to the cricket box? His grandfather introduced cheerleaders within the cricket box. Let’s see what Rohit Pawar comes up with…”

Former MP Nilesh Rane, in the meantime, stated, “Sharad Pawar headed quite a lot of sports activities our bodies, however the share of Marathi gamers all over his tenure saved depleting.” Reacting to BJP’s complaint, Maharashtra NCP Spokesperson Mahesh Tapase stated, “When BJP’s Ashish Shelkar used to be elected because the Mumbai Cricket Affiliation president, we by no means objected… We at all times believed that there must be sportsman spirit in politics, however there must be no politics in sports activities. This has been NCP’s stand all alongside. Cricket our bodies must have representatives with numerous backgrounds and evaluations. People who find themselves commenting must perceive what they’re announcing…”

A primary-time NCP MLA from Karjat Jamkhed constituency, Rohit used to be on Sunday elected because the MCA president as his panel received the elections comfortably, by way of securing 22 of the 24 votes. Former Maharashtra Captain Shantanu Sugvekar, who used to be additionally within the race, bagged simplest two votes. Rohit has been elected for a three-year time period, and has made it to the Apex Council after he were given elected from the Affiliated Golf equipment class. He changed into the president in his maiden try at MCA, and is the second one from the Pawar circle of relatives — after Sharad Pawar, who used to be on the helm of the nationwide cricket group for over a decade until 2016 — to go a cricket frame.

“I’ve been making my contribution within the sports activities box, however I used to be very prepared to paintings for my favorite game — cricket. I’ve were given a chance to paintings because the MCA President as a result of Pawarsaheb’s blessings… I believe lucky. I can paintings arduous…” Rohit tweeted.