Maharashtra News: Post cabinet expansion, Ajit Pawar faction NCP leaders meet Sharad Pawar with a ‘request’
Ajit Pawar faction NCP ‘rebel’ leaders Hasan Mushrif and Dilip Walse Patil reach YB Chavan Centre in Mumbai, Maharashtra, to meet NCP President Sharad Pawar. Ajit Pawar faction ‘rebel’ NCP leader Praful Patel told media persons that they visited Pawar senior seeking his blessings. On the future of NCP, Praful Patel said, “We requested Pawar sahib that NCP should stay united.
On this, Sharad Pawar did not give any reaction". This was the first meeting between Sharad Pawar and the group-led by Ajit Pawar after he rebelled against his uncle and joined the Eknath Shinde government on July 2. Further, NCP Sharad Pawar faction leaders Jayant Patil and Jitendra Awhad also rushed to YB Chavan Centre in Mumbai as Ajit Pawar factions leaders arrive there to meet Sharad Pawar. “I got a call from Supriya Sule who asked me to reach YB Chavan centre soon.
I do not know why Ajit Pawar and other MLAs have come here", Jayant Patil, NCP-Sharad Pawar faction leader, told news agency ANI. The move comes only days after the Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis -led Maharashtra cabinet expansion saw Ajit Pawar take over Maharashtra finance and planning portfolios. The NCP has 53 MLAs and nine MLCs, of who nine MLAs including Ajit Pawar have joined the Eknath Shinde government. In a major cabinet reshuffle in the Maharashtra cabinet on Friday, another minister, Chhagan Bhujbal has been allotted the food and civil supplies ministry.
Cabinet Minister Anil Patil got Relief and Rehabilitation, Disaster Management Department, Aditi Sunil Tatkare has been assigned the Women and Child Development. While Dhananjay Munde got Agriculture and Dilip Walse Patil got Co-operative Department. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil got Revenue and Animal Husbandry.
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