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Reportedly, key portfolios are being sought by Ajit Pawar’s team. Praful Patel, senior NCP leader who joined the Shinde-Fadnavis government along with Ajit Pawar, had too told News18 in an interview that they want important portfolios.
A report in Times of India quoted Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat as saying that when they had a majority of 172 MLAs, there was no need to NCP on board but in politics some equations have to be fitted. “No one has to give up everything, then what is the point of being in office?” he was further quoted. The report also quoted Sena MLA Bharat Gogawale as saying that instead of one bhakri (bread), everyone (Sena MLAs) will get only half a bhakri now.
Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar’s camp has filed a caveat in Election Commission, urging the poll body not to take any decision before hearing their side. The commission will now have to hear both Sharad Pawar and nephew Ajit’s factions. Earlier today, emotional posters calling Sharad Pawar an 83-year-old lone warrior, were put up at his Silver Oak residence in Mumbai. Meanwhile, there is unrest in the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra CM Ekanth Shinde over portfolio distribution.
Meanwhile, the Pune and Nagpur units of the Nationalist Congress Party has passed a resolution supporting supremo Sharad Pawar. On the other hand, Sharad Pawar’s picture has gone missing from the poster of NCP leaders outside ‘Devgiri’ bungalow, Ajit Pawar’s official residence in South Mumbai.