Mumbai, May 16 (Reporter) NCP (AP) chief spokesperson, Umesh Patil, said on Thursday that since party chief Ajit Pawar got a throat infection during election period and doctor has advised him to take care, he will participate in poll campaign from Friday (tomorrow) onwards. Addressing a press conference here, he dismissed a news report in a section of media that Pawar is unreachable because he is unhappy. He also refuted claims made by the Congress and made it clear that a mass leader like Ajit Pawar who has activists in every village, ward, taluka, district of Maharashtra can stay away from the campaign. The NCP (AP) chief spokesperson was speaking in reference to senior Congress leader and former chief minister, Prithviraj Chavan's prediction in a section of media that the ruling Mahayuti (grand alliance) will get 15-16 Lok Sabha seats in the state while MVA will bag around 30-35 seats. Additionally, rival NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar and party MLA Rohit Pawar have also predicted the same. He said that all the phases of the Lok Sabha elections in the state have not been completed as yet, so an attempt is being made to influence voters by making such predictions, he noted. While refusing to talk about Sharad Pawar, Patil blasted Prithviraj Chavan saying that he is just a former chief minister of the state so he gets some TRPs on TV but he has no moral right to speak about the state. Patil warned Chavan not to fall into a trap of commenting against NCP (AP)...////...