It’s Ajit Pawar vs Sharad Pawar now – All that happened in Maharashtra today

financialexpress.com:

As the NCP vs NCP rift deepens, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar appears to be ahead in the number game with more Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs supporting him than his uncle and party president Sharad Pawar. On Wednesday, the warring factions held separate meetings to show their strength, escalating the battle between the relatives as to who will hold the reins of the party founded by Sharad Pawar 24 years ago after quitting Congress.

In the meeting called by the Ajit camp, as many as 32 of the 53 NCP MLAs attended the meeting in Bhujbal Knowledge City in suburban Bandra, while reportedly18 MLAs were present at the conclave addressed by the NCP chief at the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in south Mumbai.

On July 2, Ajit Pawar joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government led by Eknath Shinde, and was later sworn in as the deputy Chief Minister of the state. He shares the position with BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis. Eight other NCP MLAs also joined the Maharashtra government.

-The Sharad Pawar-led NCP issues a whip asking all MLAs to remain present mandatorily for a key meeting to be held at 1 pm at Y B Chavan Centre in Mumbai. The one-line whip was issued on Tuesday by Jitendra Awhad, chief whip of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP.

-Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s camp also issued a notice on Tuesday to all current and former legislators, parliamentarians, office-bearers, working committee members and others, asking them to attend a meeting convened by Sunil Tatkare, the Maharashtra unit president appointed by the group, at the MET institute’s premises in suburban Bandra on Wednesday. The notice was issued by Shivajirao Garje, who has been expelled by the Sharad Pawar-led party for “indulging in anti-party