NCP crisis Highlights: All rebel MLAs, including Ajit Pawar, disqualified for ‘anti-party’ activities

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• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:26 PM

  Sharad Pawar appoints new in-charge of Delhi NCP 

  Sharad Pawar appoints Sonia Doohan as the in-charge of Nationalist Congress Party's New Delhi Central office

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:53 PM

  ‘Shiv Sena was more rabid’: Praful Patel defends NCP move to back BJP govt

  The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) parliamentarian Praful Patel said he doesn’t recognise his sacking by Sharad Pawar as he had acted according to the wishes of party colleagues. Read more

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:08 PM

  Ajit Pawar asked who will be NCP's new national president. He says…

  A day after leading the vertical split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Maharashtra's newly-inducted deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde-government Ajit Pawar on Monday insisted that Sharad Pawar is still the party's national president. Read more

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 08:27 PM

  Lalu Yadav lashes out at PM Modi amid Maharashtra upheaval

  RJD president Lalu Prasad on Monday alleged that the NCP faction led by Ajit Pawar joined the BJP-led government in Maharashtra at a time when opposition leaders came together to fight the assault on democracy.

  In a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prasad accused him of committing a "dacoity" in the western state.

  He was speaking on the sidelines of the launch of a book on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, an arch-rival with whom he has now joined hands.

  "This function is taking place at a time when Nitish, I and various leaders have come together to combat assaults on democracy by the dispensation headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi," he said.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 07:58 PM

  NCP disqualifies 9 MLAs including Ajit Pawar

  The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday disqualified nine MLAs including Ajit Pawar, who were sworn in as ministers in the Shinde-Fadnavis government on July 2, for indulging in anti-party activities.

  The NCP moved a disqualification petition against the nine MLAs to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar.

  "The State Discipline Committee passed a resolution dated 2 July 2023 recorded the factum of disqualification of the said 9 (nine) MLAs from the party due to their indulgence in anti-party activities," the letter served to the nine disqualified MLAs said.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 07:07 PM

  Maharashtra Congress to meet on July 4, discuss opposition leader's post

  Maharashtra Congress has convened a meeting of its legislators on Tuesday where the issue of staking a claim to the post of the Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly may come up for discussion, a party leader said.

  All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary HK Patil will attend the meeting.

  The post of the Leader of the Opposition fell vacant after NCP leader Ajit Pawar resigned on Friday. He joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government on Sunday as deputy chief minister while eight MLAs of NCP took oath as ministers.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 06:39 PM

  Opposition reiterates ‘detergent’ jibe at BJP a day after NCP split

  Accusing the government of using probe agencies to threaten the BJP's rivals and engineering splits within them, Opposition parties on Monday said such actions will only strengthen their unity.

  "Yesterday when the BJP Washing Machine restarted in Mumbai with its ICE (Incometax, CBI, ED) detergent, BJP-inspired obituaries on Opposition unity were being planted. The obit writers will be disappointed," Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted, in a dig at the BJP over the NCP's Ajit Pawar and eight others joining the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 06:27 PM

  Thane city unit chief Anand Paranjpe sacked

  The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party on Monday removed its Thane city unit president and former MP Anand Paranjpe from the post.

  Senior NCP leader Jitendra Awhad tweeted the information of Paranjpe's sacking along with a photograph of the latter greeting Ajit Pawar, who broke the party on Sunday and joined the Eknath Shinde government.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 06:16 PM

  Devendra Fadnavis believes Uddhav Thackeray ‘cheated’ people

  Describing the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government as an "illegitimate child," Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that the people had given the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance a significant mandate in the 2019 assembly polls but Uddhav Thackeray "cheated them" by aligning with NCP and Congress to become the chief minister

  In an interview with ANI Editor Smita Prakash which was recorded on June 29 before the split in NCP, Fadnavis said Uddhav Thackeray formed the government with those who didn't get the mandate.

  "MVA government was an illegitimate child. It was not born out of electoral results because Shiv Sena and BJP fought together in 2019 and together we declared that the elections were being fought under Devendra Fadnavis. PM Modiji, Home Minister Saab (Amit Shah), Naddaji said it and even Uddhav Thackerayji said it," Fadnavis said.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 06:04 PM

  According to BJP's Shahnawaz Hussain, ‘it is just the beginning’

  A day after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar joined the Maharashtra Government and took oath as Deputy Chief Minister of the state, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Monday said that the opposition's gathering in Patna on June 23 has begun to show its result in Maharashtra.

  "You can see the condition of the people who gathered in Patna. The whole country is with Prime Minister Narendra Modi; it is just the beginning. The effect of the opposition's gathering in Patna has begun to show its result in Maharashtra," the BJP leader said hitting out at the opposition meeting in Bihar's Patna which was held on June 23 to chalk out the strategies against BJP for upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 06:03 PM

  What is Shivraj Singh Chouhan's take on current Maharashtra political churning?

  The political developments in Maharashtra have almost finished the opposition in that state, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday.

  On Sunday, Ajit Pawar led a vertical split in the Nationalist Congress Party and joined the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government in the neighbouring state.

  Ajit Pawar was made deputy chief minister, while the other eight MLAs were sworn in as ministers in the Eknath Shinde government.

  "It is the result of one's own deeds and acts. The opposition is almost over in Maharashtra. After Shiv Sena, the NCP too has gone and the country has stood behind Modi ji. Let's see what happens at other places," Chouhan told reporters.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 06:00 PM

  Maharashtra BJP chief explains why NCP MLAs joined their hands

  Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday said the legislators of the ruling dispensation in the state have come together to make the state number one in the country and not for ministerial berths.

  The ruling dispensation, comprising the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party, got a boost on Sunday after nine NCP MLAs, including Ajit Pawar, joined it.

  Pawar was made deputy chief minister, while the other eight MLAs, including Chhagan Bhujbal, were sworn in as ministers.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 05:59 PM

  Requested assembly speaker to disqualify Jayant Patil: Ajit Pawar

  Ajit Pawar, during a press briefing, said his party has requested the Maharashtra assembly speaker to disqualify Jayant Patil and Jitendra Awhad.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 05:38 PM

  After severing ties, Ajit Pawar insists Sharad Pawar remains NCP's national president

  During a press briefing, newly appointed Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar insisted upon referring Sharad Pawar as the national president of NCP, a party from which he lugged out a number of MLAs to join hands with Shiv Sena-BJP government in the state. "Have you forgotten that Sharad Pawar is the party's national president?" he said.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 05:31 PM

  Ajit Pawar-Praful Patel faction appoints Sunil Tatakare as NCP chief

  Sunil Tatkare will have the authority to make organisational changes in the party, says NCP leader Praful Patel

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 05:15 PM

  Sharad Pawar sacks Praful Patel as NCP working president, removes him from party

  Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday expelled Praful Patel aand Sunil Tatkare from the party for anti-party activities. Read more

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 04:36 PM

  TN CM Stalin speaks to Sharad Pawar, expresses solidarity

  DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday expressed his party's support to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, whose party has suffered a split. Stalin spoke to the Maharashtra leader over the phone and conveyed the DMK's support to the NCP in taking on the BJP, sources said as quoted by PTI.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 04:15 PM

  Sharad Pawar removes 3 NCP leaders for attending Ajit Pawar's oath taking ceremony

  Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has removed three party leaders for attending the oath ceremony of his nephew Ajit Pawar as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister on Sunday. 

  The expelled leaders are Mumbai divisional NCP chief Narendra Rathod, Akola city district chief Vijay Deshmukh and state minister Shivajirao Garje. All three had attended Ajit Pawar's oath ceremony.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 03:53 PM

  ‘Not the person to harbour malaise & act’: Sharad Pawar on nephew Ajit's rebellion

  Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Monday said he does not feel pained after nine MLAs including his nephew Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government in the state. Read more

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 03:22 PM

  Sharad Pawar denies ‘blessings’ for nephew's rebellion

  Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday rejected speculation that his nephew Ajit Pawar's rebellion has his blessings.

  Addressing a press conference here, Sharad Pawar also said he has launched a statewide tour to strengthen the NCP and boost the confidence of party workers, unfazed by actions of a few leaders.

  On Sunday, Ajit Pawar led a vertical split in the NCP to become the deputy chief minister. Eight other NCP leaders were also sworn in as ministers in the Eknath Shinde-BJP government.

  Asked whether Ajit Pawar's rebellion on Sunday had his blessings, the NCP chief said, "It is a mean thing to say. Only those with a mean and low intellect can say this."

  "I have set out on a tour of the state and galvanize the cadre. They should not feel disillusioned with what some leaders have done," Sharad Pawar said.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 02:59 PM

  Amid crisis in Maharashtra politics, NCP chief Sharad Pawar briefs media

  Briefing the media, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said the recent development in the Maharashtra politics is an attempt to divide the society and that ‘we must not be dejected’. He also said that his party will not take actions against anyone. “People of the state won't tolerate this,” he said.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 02:21 PM

  ‘BJP topples govt using money power’: JD(U) chief

  "BJP destabilizes and topples governments using money power but eventually they will get a befitting reply from the people," said JU(U) chief Rajiv Ranjan

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 01:59 PM

  ‘Fearing who will emerge as Ajit Pawar in Karnataka’: HD Kumaraswamy

  JD(S) leader & former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy said on Monday, “After yesterday's shocking development in Maharashtra, I am fearing who will emerge as the Ajit Pawar in Karnataka?”

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 01:47 PM

  NCP Ministers reach Devendra Fadnavis' residence to discuss portfolios 

  A day after joining the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and state minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday went to meet Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis to discuss allocation of portfolios in the cabinet, sources said.

  “Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal and a few other NCP leaders have reached Meghdoot bungalow (official residence of Fadnavis). They will discuss the distribution of cabinet portfolios," a source close to Ajit Pawar said.

  In the past, Ajit Pawar held portfolios such as water resources department, power and finance. Currently, all the three portfolios are with Fadnavis, who also holds charge of the state home department.

  (PTI)

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 01:34 PM

  BJP has promised Maha CM's post to Ajit Pawar, claims Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan

  Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Monday claimed he has information that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised Ajit Pawar the post of Maharashtra chief minister.

  With Ajit Pawar's move to join the ruling Eknath Shinde-BJP coalition on Sunday changing political dynamics in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut also claimed that Shinde will lose the CM's post.

  On Sunday, Ajit Pawar led a vertical split in the NCP to become the deputy chief minister, shocking his uncle Sharad Pawar, who founded the party 24 years ago. Eight NCP leaders were also sworn in as ministers in the Eknath Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.

  (PTI)

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 01:33 PM

  Rift being created among people by some groups in Mahrashtra, India in name of caste, religion: Sharad Pawar

  The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Monday addressed a public meeting in Karad and said that people of Maharasthra will not succumb to undemocratic forces.He also pointed out that a rift was being created among people in the State and the country by some groups in the name of caste and religion.

  Addressing a public meeting at the Yashwant Chavan Samadhi in Karad, the NCP chief said, "We were serving Maharashtra under Uddhav Thackeray but our government was toppled by some people. The same happened in some other parts of the country too in Delhi, Punjab and West Bengal where the governments are working democratically, are being attacked."

  Without naming his nephew Ajit Pawar who joined the Eknath Shinde-led government with eight other MLAs, the NCP chief further said the people of Maharashtra will not succumb to "undemocratic forces".

  (ANI)

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 01:26 PM

  Watch: Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar reaches the residence of state Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis

  Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar reaches the residence of Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis where Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and other NCP leaders are present.

  (ANI)

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 01:24 PM

  ‘BJP most corrupt party’: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti

  PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, speaking on Maharashtra political situation, said, "They (BJP) kept calling them corrupts and now they have taken them into their government. This shows that BJP is the most corrupt party. BJP has misused the powers of ED, CBI to finish the opposition in the country."

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 01:10 PM

  Watch: Ajit Pawar, other NCP leaders reach residence of state deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis

  Newly inducted Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, NCP leaders Chhagan Bhujbal and Praful Patel reach the residence of Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai.

  (ANI)

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 01:02 PM

  Posters urging Uddhav, Raj Thackeray to join hands put up in Mumbai amid NCP crisis

  Maharashtra Navnirnam Sena (MNS) workers have put up posters in Mumbai urging their party president Raj Thackeray and his bitter rival cousin and Shiv Sena (UBT) supremo Uddhav Thackeray to join hands amid the frequent realignments in state politics. Read more

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:47 PM

  ‘Knew BJP was keen on breaking NCP, didn't know of Ajit joining hands’: Sharad Pawar's nephew Rohit

  Nationalist Congress Party leader Rohit Pawar said Monday senior leaders knew about the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's plan to 'break the NCP' and also claimed that they did not expect party boss Sharad Pawar's nephew, Ajit Pawar, to lead a revolt from within.  Read more

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:35 PM

  Watch: Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar leaves his residence in Mumbai

  Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar leaves from his residence in Mumbai.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:33 PM

  ‘Will rebuild NCP’: Sharad Pawar in show of strength at Karad after Ajit Pawar's mutiny

  NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said Maharashtra chief minister Ekanth Shinde and the BJP will not fulfil all demands of all rebel Shiv Sena MLAs and many rebel MLAs will return back to the Sena fold again. "Everyone is expecting the ministry or something big in the government,” Pawar said in Karad.

  Pawar visited the memorial of his mentor and Maharashtra's first chief minister Yashwantrao Chavan in Karad and paid floral tributes to him.

  “Today, in Maharashtra and the country, a rift is being created between the society in the name of caste and religion by some groups… My fight is against communal forces, I will rebuild the party," said Sharad Pawar, addressing supporters.

  Read Here.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:13 PM

  ‘Other than nine who defected, all NCP members with us’: Party's Maharashtra President Jayant Patil

  NCP Maharashtra president Jayant Patil, said on Monday, “We have sent a petition to the Assembly speaker last night. We requested him to hear us. Our party's strength in the Assembly is 53, of which 9 have defected, the rest all are with us. We will give them a fair chance to come back but will take action against those who do not come back.”

  NCP MLA from Wai in Satara Makarand Jadhav Patil, who was at swearing-in ceremony of Ajit Pawar on Sunday, reached Karad on Monday and was seen with Sharad Pawar. Patil said, “Those present during swearing-in, many of them are now present with Sharad Pawar at Karad today.”

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:51 AM

  Watch: Sharad Pawar pays tribute to former Maha CM Yashwantrao Chavan

  NCP chief Sharad Pawar and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan pay floral tribute to former Maharashtra CM Yashwantrao Chavan in Karad, Maharashtra.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:45 AM

  Congress has maximum MLAs in Maharashtra for LoP: Party leader Balasaheb Thorat

  Maharashtra Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat, said on Monday, “Leader of the Opposition will be from the party which has the maximum number of MLAs. Congress has maximum numbers. We will hold a meeting tomorrow on the current political situation in the state.”

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:43 AM

  ‘As elections near, more MVA leaders will be joining us’: Maharashtra BJP leader Narayan Rane

  Maharashtra BJP leader Narayan Rane said on Monday, “Our government will remain strong and Eknath Shinde will be the chief minister till 2024…As the elections near many MVA leaders will join us. Earlier too, Pawar sahib said that his party is strong but today 40 people have left him. In today's times, it is not easy to build the party again. There is BJP government both in the state and at the Centre...Uddhav Thackeray is in tension, he has got nothing left”

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:40 AM

  ‘Clear sponsored game of ED, other agencies’: Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal on NCP crisis

  Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said on Monday, “PM Modi made a big allegation recently against the NCP leaders for corruption and now we saw this drama. It is a clear sponsored game of ED and their agencies. It will not affect MVA. We will fight against BJP more aggressively. This is not going to affect opposition unity, this is NCP's issue. Sharad Pawar is the tallest leader of the party and he will be able to handle the situation. Some leaders changing the party does not mean that the supporters of the party and other members will go with them.”

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:31 AM

  Congress leader says Sharad Pawar senior leader of MVA; leading Opp unity at national level

  NCP chief Sharad Pawar reaches Karad. Congress leader and former CM Prithviraj Chavan, who welcomed Pawar at Karad, said that Pawar is a senior leader of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and is also leading the opposition unity at national level.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:15 AM

  35 leaders, still with Ajit Pawar; more leaders joining: NCP MLC Amol Mitkari

  NCP MLC Amol Mitkari said on Monday, “I am here since yesterday, several MLAs are coming to meet us. Those 35 MLAs who supported Ajit Pawar yesterday are with Ajit Dada even today. There are more leaders who are joining us. I was with NCP and I will be with NCP always. It is not right that there has been a divide in the party. I wish what Sanjay Raut said that Ajit Pawar will become the CM, comes true.”

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:11 AM

  “Recognition of LoP done by head of Assembly; no idea about MLAs supporting Ajit”: Maharashtra Assembly speaker

  Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar speaking on NCP split said, “The recognition of the leader of opposition is done by the head of the Assembly and all rules and regulations will be considered before making any judgement. I have no idea about the number of MLAs in support of Ajit Pawar.”

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:06 AM

  Newly inducted ministers arrive at Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's residence 

  Newly inducted ministers arrive at the residence of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.

  (ANI)

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:26 AM

  Watch: NCP chief Sharad Pawar reached Satara

  NCP chief Sharad Pawar reached Satara.

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:25 AM

  Three parties will work together: Shiv Sena leader

  Shiv Sena leader Gulabrao Patil says, “The three parties will work together...today is the first cabinet, it is just the beginning, we will see what the future holds.”

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:20 AM

  First attack corrupt and then embrace them: Kapil Sibal's dig at BJP after Ajit Pawar joins Maharashtra govt

  Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal took a swipe at the BJP on Monday over NCP leader Ajit Pawar and eight others inducted into the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, saying "first attack the corrupt and then embrace" them.

  Ajit Pawar pulled off a stunning revolt in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday, triggering a vertical split, and joined hands with the ruling Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra to become the deputy chief minister.

  In a tweet, Sibal said, "First attack the corrupt, then embrace the corrupt. First guarantee their investigation, then get a warranty for their support. Investigation in suspension. Henceforth ED, CBI: No tension. Sounds familiar? Mother of democracy at work!"

  (PTI)

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:08 AM

  NCP leaders had hint of BJP's 'intention' to break party, but were unaware of Ajit Pawar's move: Rohit Pawar

  NCP MLA Rohit Pawar, the grandnephew of party chief Sharad Pawar, on Monday claimed senior leaders had an inkling of BJP's "intention" to break the party, but were clueless about Ajit Pawar's swift move to join hands with the ruling alliance.

  Speaking to reporters in Maharashtra's Pune city, Rohit Pawar said he is firmly with NCP chief Sharad Pawar.

  On Sunday, Ajit Pawar led a vertical split in the NCP to become the deputy chief minister, shocking his uncle Sharad Pawar, who founded the party 24 years ago.

  Eight NCP leaders were also sworn in as ministers in the Eknath Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.

  (PTI)

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:37 AM

  Maharashtra: NCP Chief Sharad Pawar to address public meeting in Karad today

  Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar will visit Karad town in Maharashtra's Satara district and address a public meeting.

  The NCP said that the party supremo will visit the Preeti-Sangam memorial of his political mentor and the first chief minister of Maharashtra Yashwantrao Chavan at 10 am today. The party in a tweet had appealed to Sharad Pawar's supporters to arrive at the memorial.

  The NCP chief along with former Maharashtra Chief Minister YB Chavan are then expected to address party supporters in Karad.

  "We will go to Satara where we will pay obeisance at the tomb of Late Deputy Prime Minister Yashwantrao Chavan. Hundreds of thousands of workers are ready to go to Satara with Sharad Pawar," Pune City NCP President Prashant Jagatap told ANI.

  (ANI)

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:24 AM

  ‘BJP is breaking Shiv Sena, NCP,  Congress… will fight unitedly’: Sanjay Raut

  Uddhav Thackeray faction leader and MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said, “BJP is breaking Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress but this will not benefit them at all. In Maharashtra, we will fight unitedly. It is shocking that PM Modi had said that the leaders of NCP are involved in corruption and now those leaders have taken oath in Raj Bhawan.”

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 08:59 AM

  ‘In politics, thought process of party important’: Sharad Pawar's grand nephew 

  Speaking about Maharashtra crisis, NCP MLA Rohit Pawar, grand nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar), said, “I will not comment on why an individual has gone there, but what is more important is that why we are here. Voters are upset about the recent happenings in Maharashtra. My respect for Ajit Kaka will be the same even after what has happened. In my personal life, he has helped me a lot but in politics, the thought process of a party is very important.”

• Mon, 03 Jul 2023 08:55 AM

  NCP crisis: What are the cases against MLAs inducted into Shinde-Fadnavis government in Maharashtra

  The Opposition has claimed that nine Nationalist Congress Party legislators joined the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government succumbing to the pressure of central probe agencies. In a surprise development in Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar split the NCP and was sworn in as the deputy chief minister. Eight other NCP leaders took oath as ministers.

  Those sworn in as ministers were Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde, Aditi Tatkare, Dharmarao Atram, Anil Patil and Sanjay Bansode.

  Read Here.