NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday asserted that there was no split in the party and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar continues to be its leader
The NCP chief claimed that “things happening and being orchestrated in northeast are extremely dangerous for the country.” “Manipur is an example,” he added.
Ajit Pawar and eight MLAs had joined the Eknath Shinde government, which also has the Bharatiya Janata Party, on July 2, in the process causing a vertical split in the NCP.
The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party said Uddhav Thackeray should be complimented for meeting Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar, his former ally.
The Nationalist Congress Party faction under Ajit Pawar and 15 of his MLAs on Monday met Sharad Pawar at the YB Chavan Centre in Mumbai and asked him to ensure the party stays united.
NCP president Sharad Pawar has called a meeting at 1pm, while the Ajit Pawar faction, which has aligned with the Eknath Shinde-BJP government will gather at 11 am
This is also the first time in its history that Maharashtra has got two Deputy CMs -- Fadnavis and Pawar -- after a hectic morning full of cloak-and-dagger drama.
The murmurs started in the morning when Pawar convened a meeting of NCP MLAs supporting him, around three dozen-plus, to chart out their future political course.