mumbai if an excm from congress is to be believed ajit pawar during his secret meeting with sharad pawar made two specific offers to the ncp patriarch for extending support to bjp in the 2024 ls polls according to the excm ajit told his uncle he would be accommodated in the union cabinet as agriculture minister or niti aayog chairperson and supriya sule and jayant patil accommodated at the centre and in the state government respectively pawar rejected it outright saying he wouldnt align with bjp in any way said the excm who didnt wish to be named bjp knows it cannot win 35 ls seats sans pawarajit pawars secret meeting with his uncle sharad pawar at the residence of a developer in pune on saturday has caused a flutter in political circles mpcc president nana patole ubt sena chief uddhav thackeray and former cm prithviraj chavan of congress had expressed displeasure over the meetingthe contention of the congress and ubt sena was that it was wrong for sharad pawar to meet his nephew who has joined hands with the bjp and become deputy cm in the shindefadnavis government at a time the maha vikas aghadi has embarked on a mission against the bjpboth ajit and sharad pawar on the other hand said there was nothing wrong in meeting ones kin ajit pawar is my nephew why is there such a hue and cry over a meeting between uncle and nephew asked sharad pawar but patole said the meeting was not acceptable sanjay raut of ubt sena and patole said the meeting of the pawars had figured in discussions between uddhav thackeray and patole that took place on sundaya ubt sena leader said the bjp leadership was fully aware that unless sharad pawar supported the ruling party it would not be possible for it to achieve its target of winning 35 to 40 of 48 lok sabha seats in maharashtra