Pune, Sep 26 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday quipped there was a "huge difference" between his old and new self and that he had matured with age.

"Do you know, there is huge difference between the old Ajit Pawar and the current Ajit Pawar. As age increases, one has to change. With age, maturity also comes. Earlier, if we committed a mistake, saheb (Sharad Pawar) used to be there to cover the mistakes. Now, we have to cover them ourselves," the 66-year-old leader said in a lighter vein while addressing an NCP event here.

The Sharad Pawar-founded Nationalist Congress Party split in July 2023 after Ajit Pawar and several MLAs joined the then Eknath Shinde government. While Ajit Pawar's faction got the party name and 'clock' symbol, the one headed by Sharad Pawar

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