Maharashtra political drama: Jitendra Awhad named new opposition leader in assembly

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Amid the sudden political upheavals unfolding in Maharashtra on July 2, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) appointed Jitendra Awhad as Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly...

The appointment was necessitated by incumbent LoP Ajit Pawar's move to join the Eknath Shinde government as deputy chief minister..

Pawar's move caused a vertical split in the NCP...

As per a PTI report, the MLA from Mumbra-Kalwa in neighbouring Thane district said NCP state unit president Jayant Patil had appointed him chief whip of the party and LoP in the Assembly...

Now, they are deserting their leader (83-year-old Sharad Pawar) in his twilight years," Awhad said.. (Catch all the Business News, Breaking News Events and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.)..

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