PUNE: NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Monday virtually snubbed Sanjay Raut, advising him against bringing “local level politics” in India’s global outreach efforts, a day after the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader called for boycotting the Centre’s move to send delegations to various countries.
Pawar recalled that he was a member of a delegation sent by former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao to the UN under the leadership of BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Addressing the media in Baramati, the former defence minister said, “When the international issues crop up, the party-level politics should be shunned. Today, the Centre has formed some delegations, and they have been assigned to go to some countries and put forth India’s stand about the Pahalgam attack and the subsequent activities from Pakistan.”