Ajit Pawar changes Twitter bio – ‘Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, NCP leader’

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Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar has updated his bio on his Twitter account after joining the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government..

His new bio now reads 'Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra' along with 'Former LoP, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly'...

Ajit Pawar was sworn in as the deputy chief minister by Governor Ramesh Bais at the ceremony held in the Raj Bhawan, while eight other NCP leaders took oath as ministers..

Addressing a press conference on Sunday, newly appointed Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said, "Today, we have decided to support the Maharashtra government and took oath as ministers..

The crisis in the NCP has also weakened the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, a year after Eknath Shinde walked out with 40 Sena MLAs and took oath as Chief Minister of Maharashtra with the support of BJP...

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