Maharashtra Live News: NCP's Ajit Pawar joins Maharashtra government (File)
Nationalist Congress Party's Ajit Pawar joined the Maharashtra government today. Ajit Pawar took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister. He will share the post with BJP's Devendra Fadnavis.
Ajit Pawar on Wednesday while speaking at the party event in Mumbai had said, "I was never interested in working as Leader of Opposition but accepted the role on demand of the party MLAs. Assign me any post in the party organisation and I will do complete justice to whatever responsibility given to me."
Here are the Highlights on Ajit Pawar's Switch:
NCP To Move Disqualification Notice Against Ajit Pawar
Sharad Pawar's NCP to move disqualification notice against Ajit Pawar, 8 other rebel MLAs, who joined the Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra.
Watch: Unfazed By Mutiny, Sharad Pawar's Quip Cracks Up JournalistsOn a day his party suffered a stunning blow with the departure of a slew of leaders led by his nephew Ajit Pawar, veteran politician Sharad Pawar barely betrayed any disquiet, even cracking up a roomful of journalists and supporters with a witty wisecrack.
During an evening news conference following Sunday's developments, a journalist asked who would now be the face of the party - an allusion to the vacancy for the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly, a role that Ajit Pawar held. Read
here Ajit Pawar Became Deputy To 3 Different Chief Ministers In 4 YearsAjit Pawar, the nephew of Sharad Pawar, took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra on Sunday, for the third time since 2019. He sided with the BJP once again, weeks after his cousin Supriya Sule was announced the working president of the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
He said a majority of NCP MLAs, and the entire party, has decided to be in the alliance government of the BJP and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. According to sources in the Maharashtra political circle, he has the support of 40-plus MLAs. Read
here "Free Of Corruption Charges": Sharad Pawar's Dig After Nephew Ajit's FlipSharad Pawar, deeply humiliated by his nephew's claim that the Nationalist Congress Party -- the party he founded and nurtured for over two decades -- is backing Ajit Pawar, today said the truth "will be out soon". "I have called a meeting of the party leaders tomorrow, and there we will discuss the issue," he told the media shortly after Ajit Pawar took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Read
here After Ajit Pawar Switches Side, The Way Ahead For Each CampThe long legal battle over the Shiv Sena split barely over, Maharashtra appears headed for another one -- this time in Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party. The NCP's Ajit Pawar, who took oath as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister with eight MLAs today, will have some way to go to evade action in the assembly and the courts. Read
here Maharashtra Live News: "Not A New Thing": Sharad Pawar After Nephew Ajit's Shock Move
"This is not a new thing. The party I was leading in 1980 had 58 MLAs, later all left and only 6 MLAs left, but I strengthened the numbers and those who left me lost in their constituencies," said Sharad Pawar on Ajit Pawar joining the NDA government in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Politics Live: "Truth Will Be Out Soon": Sharad Pawar After Ajit Pawar's Move
"Truth will be out soon," said Sharad Pawar after Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath shinde government and claimed "entire NCP" with him.
Maharashtra Live News: Eknath Shinde's "Triple-Engine Government" Thumbs Up After Ajit Pawar's Big Switch
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)'s senior leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday joined Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra and took oath as the deputy chief minister of the state. On the occasion, Mr Shinde said that the double-engine government has now become triple-engine.
"Now we have 1 Chief Minister and 2 Deputy Chief Ministers. The double-engine government has now become triple engine. For the development of Maharashtra, I welcome Ajit Pawar and his leaders. Ajit Pawar's experience will help strengthen Maharashtra," Mr Shinde said.
Ajit Pawar Live: Ajit Pawar On Why He Joined Maharashtra Government
Pointers From Ajit Pawar's press conference:
* Whatever has been happening in the country and in the state, we saw that and decided that development should be made a priority.
* Today we took a decision and joined Shiv Sena and BJP government.
* Majority of MLAs and the entire party has decided to be in the government.
* There will be more cabinet expansion where others will be made ministers too.
* The Narendra Modi government is working for the last 9 years and they have been trying to take this country ahead. That's why we decided to support them.
Maharashtra Live News: "Ajit Pawar A Good Administrator": Maharashtra Minister Deepak Kesarkar
"Ajit Pawar has joined us today. He is a good administrator and I had said he should come with us and he has come today. Maharashtra government will do good work," said Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar.
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"Now we have 1 Chief Minister and 2 Deputy Chief Ministers. The double-engine government has now become triple engine. For the development of Maharashtra, I welcome Ajit Pawar and his leaders. Ajit Pawar's experience will help," says Eknath Shinde
Ajit Pawar Live:Ajit Pawar's Move A Major Loss Of Face For Sharad Pawar Ahead Of 2024
Ajit Pawar, the nephew of Sharad Pawar, has sided with the BJP again, weeks after his cousin Supriya Sule was named the Nationalist Congress Party's working president, leaving his uncle Sharad Pawar with a major loss of face.
His move could not have come at a worse time for Pawar Senior, who had been trying to project himself as a front-runner for the top post in the united opposition ahead of the 2024 election.
Maharashtra Live News: Sharad Pawar undeterred, claims Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar is undeterred by the split in his party and can start afresh.
In a day of massive political developments, Ajit Pawar was sworn in as deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde government along with several of his colleagues.
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NCP leaders Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil and Dhananjay Munde also took oath as Maharashtra Ministers. According to party sources, Ajit Pawar has the support of 43 out of the 53 NCP MLAs
NCP Crisis:2 Strikes In 2 Years: How BJP Broke Maharashtra's Big Opposition Front
Sharad Pawar, the man credited with critical political manoeuvring to stitch together a big opposition alliance, faces huge embarrassment as his nephew and top Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar threatens to decimate the party he founded and has helmed through troubled waters for the last 24 years.
The BJP has struck twice in the last two years, to break the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) opposition alliance in Maharashtra, as Ajit Pawar breaks away NCP MLAs just a year after Eknath Shinde walked out with 40 Shiv Sena MLAs.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis are present at the Raj Bhavan, where an oath ceremony is to be held shortly
Ajit Pawar Live News:Ajit Pawar, Backed By 8 MLAs, To Join Maharashtra Government
Nationalist Congress Party's Ajit Pawar, along with 8 party leaders, is expected to join the Maharashtra government. Mr Pawar will take oath as the Deputy Chief Minister later today. He will share the post with BJP's Devendra Fadnavis.
The move comes just days after Mr Pawar publically expressed his desire to step down as Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly.
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