The political crisis in Maharashtra triggered by Ajit Pawar's rebellion in his uncle Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) entered Day 4 on Tuesday. In the latest development, the two rival camps have called meetings of their MLAs on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the faction led by Ajit Pawar - the state's new Deputy Chief Minister - inaugurated a new party office near the secretariat. His camp's Praful Patel, an MP, today questioned the Opposition's chances in the next year's national elections, during an interview with NDTV.
On the other side, NCP founder Sharad Pawar today asked those who "betrayed" his ideology not to use his photograph.