Key Points
Upheaval within the NCP ranks continued on Monday with the Sharad Pawar led group sacking the rebel MLAs for anti-party activities..
This however appeared to be no deterrent, with the nine rebel MLAs re-allocating several party roles to their own ranks..
Both factions are set to hold meetings in Mumbai on Wednesday...
Sharad Pawar removed party vice president Praful Patel and MP Sunil Tatkare from the NCP on Monday "for indulging in anti-party activities"..
"Your actions of supporting Ajit Pawar and the eight other MLAs, who have sworn oath as Ministers in violation of the party's direction and mandate, ex-facie amount to anti-party activities and that you deemed to have voluntarily left the membership of Nationalist Congress Party," Pawar said in a communication which was also sent to the two party MPs...
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