MUMBAI: A day after becoming a member of the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra authorities, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and state minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday went to satisfy Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis to debate allocation of portfolios within the cupboard, sources mentioned. On Sunday, Ajit Pawar led a vertical cut up within the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to turn out to be the deputy chief minister. Eight different NCP leaders have been additionally sworn in as ministers within the Eknath Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities.
“Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal and some different NCP leaders have reached Meghdoot bungalow (official residence of Fadnavis). They will focus on the distribution of cupboard portfolios,” a supply near Ajit Pawar mentioned. In the previous, Ajit Pawar held portfolios similar to water sources division, energy and finance. Currently, all of the three portfolios are with Fadnavis, who additionally holds cost of the state house division.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday mentioned there was a must battle forces creating communal divide in Maharashtra and the nation. Addressing NCP employees and supporters in Karad a day after Ajit Pawar led a vertical cut up within the celebration to turn out to be the deputy chief minister within the Eknath Shinde-led authorities, Sharad Pawar additionally mentioned “some of our people fell prey to BJP’s tactics to break other parties.”Â
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“Attempts are being made to create communal divide in Maharashtra and the country. We need to fight forces that create fear among peace-loving citizens,” he mentioned. “We need to protect democracy in the country,” he added. Sharad Pawar visited the memorial of his mentor and Maharashtra’s first chief minister Yashwantrao Chavan in Karad and paid floral tributes to him.
The 82-year-old chief’s go to to late Chavan’s memorial ‘Pritisangam’ on the event of Guru Purnima is being seen as a present of energy by him, a day after his nephew Ajit Pawar led a vertical cut up within the NCP. Sharad Pawar left from Pune for Karad on Monday morning and stopped alongside the way in which to satisfy supporters who lined up on roadsides to greet him and prolong assist to him.
In Karad, he was welcomed by 1000’s of supporters and native NCP MLA Balasaheb Patil. Senior Congress chief Prithviraj Chavan, who hails from Karad, was additionally current.
