Somewhere in Karad....

Facing a storm of protest over his “urine” remarks on the drought situation in Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar sat on a day-long 'aatmaklesh' (penance) fast at Karad in Satara district on Sunday morning.
The NCPee leader launched his fast at the memorial of the late Yashwantrao Chavan, the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Pawar has already apologised for his controversial remarks, but the Opposition Shiv Sena, BJP and MNS have stalled the proceedings of state legislature for the last three days, seeking his resignation. Last week, while addressing a rally, Pawar had created controversy by saying, “If there is no water in the dam, should we urinate into it?“
Speaking to reporters, Pawar said his fast was an attempt at repentance, and not a stunt. “This is not a publicity stunt. I really mean it. I admit that all politicians should speak with responsibility,” Pawar said after he started his fast.
However,the opposition was not impressed. The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance called it an attempt by Pawar to whitewash his “disgusting and rude” attitude.

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar pulled up his nephew and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, terming his remark on drought-hit and power deficit areas as “improper” but said that now that he has apologised, he should be forgiven.
“As the party president, I will say that Ajit Pawar’s statement was improper and unfortunate,” Sharad Pawar told mediapersons during a visit to Thane, about 25 km from Mumbai.
“He ought to be a lot more careful of the choice of his words and language when occupying such a responsible public position,” Sharad Pawar, who is also the chief of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), said while giving an earful to his nephew.
However, he said that since Ajit Pawar has tendered a public apology for his comments, the matter must now end. “Now that he (Ajit Pawar) has apologised, he should be forgiven,” the NCP chief said.
He also urged the opposition parties to stop disrupting the proceedings in the State assembly over the issue.
When asked about the clamour for Ajit Pawar’s resignation, Sharad Pawar said that it was the NCP which would take any decision in the matter and not the legislators.
Last week, Ajit Pawar shot his mouth off when he commented about protests in the drought-hit regions of Maharashtra at a public meeting in Pune. “Who is that (Bhaisaheb) Deshmukh? What is the point of his protest? Will it yield water? When there is no water, where will I arrange water from? Should I urinate in the dams,” Ajit Pawar had asked.
He had also said that the population in areas reeling under power cuts was increasing as the people in such areas had nothing else to do when their is no electricity.