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Ajit Pawar switched sides from Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to the Shiv Sena-BJP government along with 29 other MLAs and was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister at the Raj Bhavan.
Mumbai: In a sudden political development in Maharashtra, senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar - the nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar - on Sunday split the legislative party and joined the state's NDA ministry with eight other MLAs.
This move comes as a significant setback to Sharad Pawar's attempts to forge a formidable opposition alliance against the ruling government.
Two days after PM Modi gave a guarantee of action against corruption, Ajit Pawar was appointed as Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister in the Shiv Sena-BJP coalition government
Eight NCP legislators also sworn in as ministers at the ceremony held at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai