Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] : The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar arrived at Yashwantrao Chavan Centre on Wednesday to attend the party meeting in a show of strength.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has also called a meeting of NCP MPs, MLAs, MLCs, district heads and state delegates at Mumbai Education Trust (MET) Bandra. The NCP faction led by Ajit Pawar is taking affidavits from party workers to show their allegiance at MET Bandra. The meeting at YB Chavan Auditorium has a picture of Sharad Pawar on the stage. The meetings came after the two factions announced crucial appointments to assert their control over the party. Sharad Pawar loyalists raised slogans in his support at YB Chavan Centre.
NCP working president and MP, Supriya Sule and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh and NCP (Sharad Pawar) leader Jayant Patil also reached YB Chavan Centre in Mumbai. The crisis in Nationalist Congress Party has been triggered by Ajit Pawar switching sides on Sunday and joining the Eknath Shinde-BJP government as Deputy Chief Minister. Eighth other NCP MLAs took oath on Sunday with Pawar as minister.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Sharad Pawar has moved a disqualification petition against the nine MLAs to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar. Apart from Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Mundo, Dharmaraobaba Atram, Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Bansode and Anil Patil joined Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis Maharashtra government as ministers on Sunday.
