NCP Crisis Highlights: NCP MLAs sign affidavits to show loyalty to Sharad Pawar

Spilling the beans on the 25-year-old NCP’s secrets, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday said that earlier, in several occasions, the Sharad Pawar-led party had negotiated power deals with the BJP, but backed out at the last minute.

. NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday objected to his big photo adorning the stage at a parallel meeting of the party convened by his nephew Ajit Pawar, and said those using his image are aware that they have nothing else.

. NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, during his faction's meet, lashed out at the BJP, accusing the saffron party of toppling elected governments across the country. The senior Pawar added that the BJP was not good for the nation, and vowed that the NCP would play a decisive role in the fall of the BJP.

. NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, addressing a meeting of his faction, slammed nephew Ajit Pawar for his 'undemocratic' decision to join the BJP. The senior Pawar further said that Ajit should have approached him with his issues, before joining hands with the NDA.

. "You want (Sharad) Pawar sahebto give ‘ashirwad’ by saying that he is 82-83, but let me tell you there are many people like him who are working—Ratan Tata, Amitabh Bachchan, Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, Warren Buffett and Dr Farooq Abdullah," said Supriya Sule addressing the Sharad Pawar faction meet.

. NCP Working President Supriya Sule, addressing the Sharad Pawar faction of the party,said that the BJP has been targeting Opposition parties with 'ICE'.

"Yes … ICE … it stands for Income Tax, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED)," Sule, the Baramati MP and NCP supremo's daughter, said.

. In a direct message to his uncle and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, Ajit said, "You are 82-83, give us your ashirwad (blessings)....you be 'shatayushi' (centenarian) but there has to be a point where you stop."

The junior Pawar further asked his uncle, "Why did you resign if you intended to take it back?"

. "In 2017, there were five meetings with the BJP. In 2022 also, negotiations were held with the BJP. I have photocopies of the signature of MLAs and MLCs," Ajit Pawar said in his address.

. The junior Pawar said that there were many MLAs who were unable to attend the meet, but added that they were all in touch with his faction.

. The junior Pawar added that he would not forget his uncle's role in mentoring him.

. A total of 13 MLAs, 3 MLCs and 5 MPs are present at the Sharad Pawar-led meeting at YB Chavan centre in Mumbai.

The 13 MLAs include Anil Deshmukh, Rohit Pawar, Rajendra Shingne, Ashok Pawar, Kiran Lahmate, Prajakta Tanpure, Balasaheb Patil, Jitendra Awhad, Chetan Vithal Tupe, Jayant Patil, Rajesh Tope, Sandeep Kshirsagar, and Devendra Bhuyar.

The 5 MPs include Srinivas Patil (Lok Sabha), Supriya Sule (Lok Sabha), Amol Kolhe (Lok Sabha), Fauzia Khan (Rajya Sabha) Vandana Chavan (Rajya Sabha).

The 3 MLCs include Shashikant Shinde, Babajani Durani, and Eknath Khadse.

. As many as 35 of 53 NCP MLAs were present at the party meeting convened by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in Mumbai on Wednesday, party sources said. The number will increase further, the sources said. Five of eight NCP MLCs are also attending the meeting taking place in suburban Bandra, they said.

. Rohit Pawar, the grand nephew of Sharad Pawar and nephew of Ajit Pawar tweeted what appeared to be a poemon the political developments in Maharashtra. He is part of Sharad Pawar-Supriya Sule group.

. Karjat-Jamkhed MLA Rohit Pawar and State NCP president Jayant Patil are at Silver Oak, the bungalow of Sharad Pawar, to discuss the situation in Maharashtra.

The Sharad Pawar group's meeting is scheduled start at 1 pm.

. Trouble is brewing up in the Eknath Shinde led Shiv Sena, claims NCP chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase of Sharad Pawar group

. The Sharad Pawar-Supriya Sule led group has called the meeting at 1300 hrs at the Y B Chavan Auditorium at Nariman Point.

The Ajit Pawar-Praful Patel led faction would meet at MET Institute of Management at Bandra at 1100 hrs.

. Workers from both the factions have started to come in the respective venues of the meeting.

. Supporters of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar met him at his Devgiri Bungalow in Mumbai before the NCP leaders meeting called by Ajit Pawar.

. With barely few hours to go for the two parallel meetings of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) - which would be a sort of litmus test for the warring camps - the war-of-nerves has intensified between the Sharad Pawar-Supriya Sule group and the rebelPraful Patel-Ajit Pawar faction.

Post-noon on Tuesday, people would be able to gauge: who is the real NCP?

. Supporters of NCP leaders Ajit Pawar and Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday took possession of the party office in Maharashtra's Nashik city, leading to a vociferous protest by the local Sharad Pawar loyalists.Bhujbal, MLA from Yeola in Nashik district, on Sunday joined the BJP-Shiv Sena government in the state along with Ajit Pawar and seven other legislators, leading to a split in the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party.

. NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who took oath as Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister on Sunday, said his party decided to join the Eknath Shinde-led government in the interest of the state and the country, and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership. Maintaining that there was no split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Pawar junior said that all the elected representatives (of the party) have supported the decision to join the BJP-Shiv Sena government.

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