Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday issued a stern warning to opposition and said that if those in the government want to keep power in their hands, they cannot ignore the youth who are carrying out the 'Yuva Sangharsh Yatra' in Maharashtra.The 'Yuva Sangharsh Yatra', a foot march from Pune to Nagpur to highlight the issues faced by youth in Maharashtra, led by NCP MLA and Sharad Pawar's grandnephew Rohit Pawar, was flagged off from here on Tuesday.Participants of the march will travel to 13 districts, covering more than 800 km. The 45-day march will end in Nagpur during the winter session of the state legislature."By the time the yatra reaches Nagpur, if those in the government want to keep the power in their hands, they cannot ignore the youth who are carrying out this yatra in a peaceful democratic way, and if the government takes that kind of approach (to ignore the march by youth), they will have to pay a heavy price," he said.
On the lines of the Bharat Jodo yatra undertaken by the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-Sharad Pawar faction) leader and Sharad Pawar’s grandnephew Rohit Pawar has planned to undertake 850 Kms march between Pune to Nagpur to establish stronger connect with young population in Maharashtra. Earlier this year, Bharat Jodo Yatra had become a grand success and got support from different quarters. On the same lines Pawar, who represents the Karjat Jamkhed assembly constituency in Ahmednagar district and is considered to be close to Sharad Pawar, had planned the foot march between Pune to Nagpur. The march will begin on October 24 and go through 13 districts covering more than 800 km and will end in Nagpur during the assembly winter session. According to Pawar, among the total population of Maharashtra, 40 per cent are youth. “But youths are not getting enough support from the government. Youths are facing unemployment. By considering that we plan to undertake Yuva Sangharsha Yatra,” he said.When asked whether his march is on the lines of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rohit Pawar replied saying, “We often take lessons from senior leaders.”