nagpur public works minister and ncp leader chhagan bhujbal will bow out of state politics to join the partys leadership at the centre confirming speculation during an informal talk with mediapersons bhujbal said he would contest the lok sabha elections he is likely to contest the general elections from nashik which is presently represented by his nephew sameer bhujbal in the current 15th lok sabha political observers said that bhujbals move might strengthen deputy chief minister ajit pawars position in maharashtra and the latter might have an upper hand in deciding ncps fortunes in the state according to sources bhujbals son pankaj nephew sameer and may be even his daughterinlaw might hold the fort in the state from nashikthe ncp leaders home ground for the last decade since his political exit from mumbai when asked if the aam aadmi party aap would hit other parties in the general elections in maharashtra bhujbal said it was a remote possibility however he said that the aap should form the government in delhi bhujbal had quit the shiv sena more than two decades ago to join the ncp after years of bitter relationship with his mentor balasaheb thackeray he mended fences with the late sena chief in 2008 by dropping a 1998 defamation casein 1997 saamna published a news report claiming that bhujbal had instigated a man desecrate the bust of dr babasaheb ambedkar at ramabai nagar in ghatkopar which later led to a riot in 1997