Ajit Pawar led a vertical split in the NCP to become the deputy chief minister, shckiung his uncle Sharad Pawar, who established the party quite a while back.
Following massive political quakes in Maharashtra, both factions of Nationalist Congress Party - Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit - are gearing up for their respective show of strength.
With the political landslide in Maharashtra effected by Ajit Pawar’s exit from the Opposition ranks, and joining the rival Eknath Shinde government on Sunday (July 2), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar’s next move may be ambivalent.
Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Ajit Pawar, the leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), joined the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) camp on Sunday and was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
In the major turn of events, Ajit Pawar along with the MLAs supporting him joined hands with the Maharashtra government in which he was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister in the Eknath Shinde government while several other MLAs took the oath as ministers.
A day after rebellion in the NCP, Sharad Pawar sacked party's working president Praful Patel and general secretary and treasurer Sunil Tatkare, who have sided with Ajit Pawar in his revolt, for engaging in "anti-party” activities.
Eight additional NCP MLAs, in addition to Ajit Pawar, have been sworn in as state cabinet ministers. Hassan Mushrif, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Dhananjay Munde, and Aditi Tatkare are the newly elected ministers.
Sharad Pawar slammed the Eknath Shinde government over the law and order situation alleging that the chief minister is incapable of maintaining it.
Aaditya Thackeray's close aide Rahul Kanal on Saturday joined the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Last month, Shinde had announced that he will rename the Versova-Bandra Sea Link after Hindutva ideologue late VD Savarkar, while a state-level gallantry award on the lines of the one given by the Centre will also be named after him.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday slammed Uddhav Thackeray for sharing the stage at the Patna opposition meeting with those leaders who 'opposed Balasaheb's ideology'.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Manisha Kayande claimed she waited for a year to see if the Thackeray-led faction would introspect over why party workers were leaving Shiv Sena (UBT).
Vinay Pandey poured kerosene on himself but was overpowered and pinned down while he attempted to set himself alight, the official said.
First time after the split of Shiv Sena last year, the Ekanth Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray factions will mark the foundation day of the party on June 19 and organise events at two separate venues in Maharashtra's Mumbai in which both groups are likely to indulge in verbal duels.
A war of words erupted between the Shiv Sena and the BJP over a newspaper advertisement that projected Shinde as being more popular in the state than his deputy Fadnavis.
Nearly 94,000 people have been evacuated to safer places, and NDRF, SDRF teams along with Army, Navy, Air Force, BSF and Coast Guard are on alert.
The chief minister sought to downplay yesterday's ad "Modi for India, Shinde for Maharashtra' , saying both he and BJP leader Fadnavis were "in people's minds" and working together.
In the full-page advertisement placed in many newspapers, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has demanded Narendra Modi in the Centre and Eknath Shinde for Maharashtra's top job.
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