The Ajit Pawar camp said more MLAs are expected and some of them are stuck in traffic.
The all-important question of the number of MLAs backing each faction continues to hang fire over an hour after Ajit Pawar's show of strength began in Mumbai today.
While 28 MLAs (29 including Ajit Pawar) and four MLCs have arrived at the meeting organised by the rebel camp in Bandra so far, 17 MLAs, three MLCs and four MPs have reached the venue of the Sharad Pawar meeting at Nariman Point.
The MLAs at the meeting organised by the Ajit Pawar camp are Chhagan Bhujbal, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde, Narhari Zirwal, Dilip Mohite, Anil Patil, Dharmarao Atram, Sanjay Bansode, Anna Bansode, Manikrao Kokate, Sunil Shelke, Nilesh Lanke, Dilip Walse Patil, Dattatray Bharne, Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Shinde, Rajesh Patil, Balasaheb Ajabe, Sangram Jagtap, Raju Karemore, Indranil Naik, Sunil Tingre, Dipak Chavan, Yashwant Mane, Nitin Pawar, Shekhar Nikam and Baban Shinde and Dilip Bankar. Ajit Pawar is also an NCP MLA, taking the total count to 29.
The MLCs at the meeting are Aniket Tatkare, Vikram Kale, Ramraje Nimbalkar and Amol Mitkari.
The Ajit Pawar camp said more MLAs are expected and some of them are stuck in traffic.
The NCP MLAs who have reached the meeting organised by the Sharad Pawar faction are Jitendra Awhad, Kiran Lahamate, Ashok Pawar, Rohit Pawar, Rajendra Shingne, Anil Deshmukh, Prajakt Tanpure, Jayant Patil, Sandeep Kshirsagar, Balasaheb Patil, Chetan Tupe, Suman Patil, Rajesh Tope, Sunil Bhusara, Makrand Patil, Daulat Daroda and Raju Navghare. Independent MLA Devendra Bhuyar is also present.
Some of these MLAs, including Mr Lahamate had attended the swearing-in ceremony of Ajit Pawar on Sunday. MPs Supriya Sule, Shriniwas Patil, Amol Kolhe and Fauzia Khan have also arrived at the venue, along with MLCs Shashikant Shinde, Eknath Khadse and Babajani Durani.