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The development comes following the NCP's disastrous performance in the recent Lok Sabha election and months ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls...
In a setback to the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, four top leaders of the party's Pimpri-Chinchwad unit have resigned and are likely to join the Sharad Pawar faction soon..
NCP's Pimpri-Chinchwad unit chief Ajit Gavahane, Pimpri-Chinchwad students' wing chief Yash Sane, and former corporators Rahul Bhosale and Pankaj Bhalekar have submitted their resignations to Ajit Pawar...
There are also speculations that Maharashtra minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal may desert Ajit Pawar..
Sources said Bhujbal was upset over Ajit Pawar nominating his wife Sunetra to the Rajya Sabha after her defeat in the Baramati Lok Sabha election to Supriya Sule...
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