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Supporters of Ajit Pawar were upset after Supriya Sule and Sharad Pawar went to Patna to attend the meeting of opposition leaders and shared the stage with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Speaking to reporters in its aftermath, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said that "many party leaders have been restless following the ED investigations against them...and now I see them go with Ajit Pawar."
Ajit Pawar, who was the Leader of the Opposition, was upset with Sharad Pawar's move and offered to resign as LoP. He was eying the top post in the party but did not get any favourable response from Sharad Pawar.
Along with Pawar, senior leaders and MLAs like Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse-Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde, Dharmarao Baba Atram, Aditi Sunil Tatkare, Sanjay Bansode, Anil Patil, were also sworn-in as ministers this afternoon. ��️ Ajit Pawar Sworn-In As Maharashtra Deputy CM for Third Time in 3 Years, ‘Splits’ NCP.
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) In a major political upset, Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar on Sunday 'split' the Nationalist Congress Party to take oath as Deputy Chief Minister in the ruling alliance of Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis.