<p>Senior NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Dilip Walse Patil on Sunday dismissed reports that he joined the Ajit Pawar camp because of a notice issued by the Enforcement Directorate.</p>.<p>Speaking at an event in his Assembly constituency Ambegaon in Pune district, a week after he was sworn in as a minister in the Shiv Sena-BJP government, Walse Patil said he owes his political existence to the Pawar senior.</p>.<p>Walse Patil was one of the nine MLAs of the Nationalist Congress Party who joined the state cabinet last Sunday led by Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/ajit-sharad-factions-jostle-for-support-from-undecided-ncp-mlas-1235411.html" target="_blank">Ajit, Sharad factions jostle for support from undecided NCP MLAs</a></strong></p>.<p>"I did not leave Sharad Pawar because of any notice from ED. I haven't received any notice from the ED, CBI or Income Tax," Walse Patil told the gathering.</p>.<p>He claimed there was no personal interest behind his decision to align with Ajit Pawar.</p>.<p>"I heard somebody saying that I took this decision because Parag and Govardhan Dairy had received a notice from ED. I would like to clarify that I have nothing to do with these dairies. No one from our family has invested even a single rupee in these dairies," the NCP veteran, once a close confidante of the Pawar senior, said.</p>.<p>Walse Patil said the battle of the Ajit Pawar camp is not against Pawar saheb, as the NCP founder is popularly known.</p>.<p>"Whatever I am today is because of Pawar saheb. I would like to tell people that whenever saheb will visit Ambegaon, you all must attend his programme. I am not worried about upcoming elections," he added.</p>
<p>Senior NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Dilip Walse Patil on Sunday dismissed reports that he joined the Ajit Pawar camp because of a notice issued by the Enforcement Directorate.</p>.<p>Speaking at an event in his Assembly constituency Ambegaon in Pune district, a week after he was sworn in as a minister in the Shiv Sena-BJP government, Walse Patil said he owes his political existence to the Pawar senior.</p>.<p>Walse Patil was one of the nine MLAs of the Nationalist Congress Party who joined the state cabinet last Sunday led by Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/ajit-sharad-factions-jostle-for-support-from-undecided-ncp-mlas-1235411.html" target="_blank">Ajit, Sharad factions jostle for support from undecided NCP MLAs</a></strong></p>.<p>"I did not leave Sharad Pawar because of any notice from ED. I haven't received any notice from the ED, CBI or Income Tax," Walse Patil told the gathering.</p>.<p>He claimed there was no personal interest behind his decision to align with Ajit Pawar.</p>.<p>"I heard somebody saying that I took this decision because Parag and Govardhan Dairy had received a notice from ED. I would like to clarify that I have nothing to do with these dairies. No one from our family has invested even a single rupee in these dairies," the NCP veteran, once a close confidante of the Pawar senior, said.</p>.<p>Walse Patil said the battle of the Ajit Pawar camp is not against Pawar saheb, as the NCP founder is popularly known.</p>.<p>"Whatever I am today is because of Pawar saheb. I would like to tell people that whenever saheb will visit Ambegaon, you all must attend his programme. I am not worried about upcoming elections," he added.</p>