Key Points
Ajit Pawar, the nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, was sworn in as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra on Sunday..
Eight other NCP MLAs also took oath and joined the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, and Ajit Pawar asserted that his camp was the "real" NCP..
On Monday, the Sharad Pawar-led camp filed a disqualification petition against the nine rebel MLAs with Maharashtra Assembly speaker and also approached the Election Commission, stating that party workers from all districts stood firmly with NCP chief Sharad Pawar...
Hours after NCP leaderAjit Pawar joined the Eknath Shinde camp in Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP and his cousin Supriya Sule said the party will analyse the reasons behind the crisis that unfolded today..
But when Ajit Pawar finally walked out with his loyalists from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), led by his uncle Sharad Pawar, into the waiting arms of the BJP in Maharashtra on July 2, the timing caught many off guard.It is claimed that Ajit has the support of 35 NCP MLAs and two of the five Lok Sabha MPs, though the picture will be clear in the days to come...
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