Even as Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde paid tribute to RSS founder K.B. Hedgewar at his memorial in Nagpur, Ajit Pawar’s NCP, a key ally of the ruling Mahayuti, stayed away from the event.

The party later clarified that it joined the Mahayuti alliance for the state's development, and it was not the first time Pawar skipped the visit to Hedgewar's memorial.

#WATCH | Nagpur, Maharashtra: CM Devendra Fadnavis pay tribute to the RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar at RSS' Smruti Mandir in Nagpur. pic.twitter.com/ndLyjDZ1Id — ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2025

“The National Congress Party's ideology is based on the progressive thoughts of (social reformers) Shahu, Phule and Ambedkar," NCP spokesperson Anand Paranjpe said.

"We stick to our principles a

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