Mumbai, Dated 02-Jul-2023, Sunday

Maharashtra politics is witnessing a huge upheaval. Ajit Pawar, who reached the Raj Bhavan along with 17 MLAs, has taken oath as the Deputy Chief Minister in the Shinde government. Ajit Pawar has taken oath as the Deputy Chief Minister while remaining in the NCP party. After Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal also took oath. In this oath taking ceremony, the Governor is making all the leaders take oath. Leaders including Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis are present on this occasion. NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who offered to resign as Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly, held a meeting with supporting MLAs at his residence ahead of the swearing-in. After the meeting, he reached the Raj Bhavan along with 17 MLAs.

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Raj Bhavan was decorated

Amid political upheaval in Maharashtra, the Raj Bhavan has also been decorated. Preparations for the oath ceremony had already been made there.

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Why did Ajit Pawar get angry?

According to reports, Ajith is upset at not being given the opportunity to work as the president of the state unit of the Nationalist Congress Party. Party National Working President Prabhul Patel and Supriya Sule also attended the meeting... However Sule left the meeting... On Sunday morning NCP State President Jayant Patil spoke to Sharad Pawar over phone in Pune... Sharad who is also monitoring political developments Pawar has decided to stay in Pune and has reportedly canceled all his scheduled events. According to sources, Ajit Pawar was upset because of the growing closeness between Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Pawar. It is because of this that he has decided to revolt in the NCP. As many as 17 NCP MLAs are also reported to be with him. It is worth mentioning that Uddhav's Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP are partners in Mahavikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra.

Who was involved in the meeting?

• Supriya Sule
• Amol Kolhe
• Praful Patel
• Dilip Valse Patil
• Hasan Mushrif
• Chhagan Bhujbal
• Kiran Lahmate
• Nilesh Lanke
• Dhananjay Munde
• Ramraj Nimbalkar
• Wealth raids
• Makarand Patil
• Anul Benke
• Sunil Tingre
• Amol Mitkari
• Aditi Tatkare
• Shekhar Nikam
• Nilay Naik
• Ashok Pawar
• Anil Patil

Sharad Pawar said, Ajith has the right to hold a meeting

Meanwhile, regarding the meeting held at Ajit Pawar's residence, Sharad Pawar said, "I don't know fully, but since Ajit is the leader of the opposition, he has the right to hold a meeting of MLAs... He does this regularly... I don't have much information about this meeting." .. But as far as I know, the leaders will keep coming till evening to meet her... My Ahmednagar program was canceled last week itself and Supriya is already on her way to Pune from Mumbai.

We welcome Ajit Pawar and his associates : Eknath Shinde

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said in a conversation with the mediapersons after the swearing-in ceremony that we welcome Ajit Pawar and his associates. This decision is in the interest of overall development of the state. Now there is a triple engine government in the state. The state will develop rapidly now. It is to be mentioned that it is being claimed that there are around 40 MLAs in support of Ajit Pawar.