Key Points
Both factions of the Nationalist Congress Party raced against time to win over maximum MLAs to their side on the eve of their meeting to prove which was the 'real NCP'...
Party president Sharad Pawar and his politically estranged nephew Ajit Pawar personally called up MLAs, district presidents and key office bearers to win them over..
Sharad Pawar has called a party meeting on Wednesday at the Yeshwantrao Chavan Centre at Nariman Point, whereas the Ajit Pawar camp's meeting is at the MET college in Bandra...
To prevent MLAs and leaders from the 'pressure' of the Pawar senior's camp, Ajit is believed to have asked his supporters to go incommunicado..
By late evening, the NCP leadership began tweeting appeals from senior leaders like national working president Supriya Sule and Jayant Patil, asking cadres to remain present for the meeting...
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