mumbai eyebrows were raised in the states political circles on friday with deputy chief minister ajit pawar first posting a tribute to pandit deendayal upadhyaya one of the founders of the bhartiya jan sangh on twitter on his birth anniversary and then speedily deleting itajit pawar paid glowing tributes to the memory of upadhyaya on the occasion of his birth anniversary but the tweet was deleted in less than an hour in social work and politics one has to abide by the advice of the seniors pawar observed after deleting his tweet he did not however state who had advised him to delete the tweetin our culture we always speak with respect about people who are not alive it is our tradition ajit pawar said ajit pawar was the only ncp leader who paid tributes to upadhyaya on fridayajit pawars tweet went viral immediately triggering a fresh debate in political circles on whether he was moving closer to the bjp one of the tweets posted by a twitter user said dada rocksin the wake of formation of the maha vikas aghadi in november last year ajit pawar had quietly joined hands with bjps devendra fadnavis on november 24 while fadnavis was sworn in as cm ajit pawar was inducted as deputy chief minister but that government did not last beyond two dayswhen prime minister modi laid the foundation stone for the ram mandir in ayodhya in august this year ajits son parth pawar had congratulated him