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Mumbai: Nearly a day after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Maharashtra, along with eight other party MLAs, confusion remains over the number of legislators who are supporting him...
While he had claimed Sunday that all [NCP] MLAs were with him, but as the day progressed a handful of NCP MLAs pledged their support to his uncle and NCP patriarch and national president Sharad Pawar, after the latter announced that he was not on the same page as his nephew...
Addressing the media Sunday, NCPs Maharashtra president Jayant Patil said MLAs (who have reportedly pledged support to Ajit Pawar) are confused..
Meanwhile, of the NCPs four Lok Sabha MPs, Supriya Sule of Baramati and Shriniwas Patil of Satara have pledged support to Sharad Pawar..
The move led to speculation that Pawar, a former Union minister and chief minister of Maharashtra, had settled the debate over who out of daughter Supriya and nephew Ajit would take over the reins of the party after him...
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