Key Points
Sanjay Raut has said that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar would soon replace Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in Maharashtra..
These remarks followed Ajit Pawar's joining of the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance and subsequent swearing-in as deputy chief minister...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), according to Raut, brought in Ajit Pawar as part of their crisis management strategy due to the imminent disqualification of the 16 MLAs..
The split within the Shiv Sena occurred in June 2022 when a group of MLAs, led by Eknath Shinde, rebelled against Uddhav Thackeray's decision to form an alliance with the Congress and NCP..
Following Ajit Pawar's swearing-in as Deputy Chief Minister, Raut had previously mentioned that Maharashtra would soon have another Chief Minister, alluding to the anticipated removal of Eknath Shinde and the disqualification of the 16 MLAs. ..
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