As rebel Ajit Pawar kicks uncle Sharad out, he asserts ‘I am president’: Top points

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1. Sharad Pawar held the national executive meeting in Delhi on Thursday and came down heavily on his nephew for breaking up the party. He said there is no truth or importance in anything his nephew says. Maharashtra news LIVE updates 2. Sharad Pawar also reacted to the retirement swipe that Ajit took at him, saying that he should let the younger generation take over.

Sharad Pawar said, “82 or 92, I am still effective". 3. Today's meeting helped boost our morale...I am the president of NCP, if someone says [that he is the president] then it is completely false, there's no truth in it.

There's no importance if someone [Ajit Pawar] says something, said Sharad Pawar. 4. Sharad Pawar said his faction trusts the Election Commission. “We believe in the Election Commission of India, if we have to say something then we will go to ECI." 5. Meanwhile, the Working Committee of the NCP approved the decision of Sharad Pawar of expelling Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare and 9 MLAs who have joined hands with NDA.

6. The Working Committee of the NCP passed 8 resolutions during the national executive meeting in Delhi. The Committee expressed its full faith in the president of the party, Sharad Pawar.

7. Meanwhile, the Ajit Pawar faction has claimed that the meeting of the national executive, national working committee, national office bearers, state party presidents of the Nationalist Congress Party called by Sharad Pawar in New Delhi on Thursday has no legal sanctity. The politics of Maharashtra is on the boil since Sunday as senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar took oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra.