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Ajit Pawar's decision to ally with BJP totally against party: NCP chief Sharad Pawar

| @indiablooms | Nov 23, 2019, at 12:59 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: After the early morning political drama in Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said his nephew and party leader Ajit's decision to support the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is totally against his own party.

Pawar said this addressing a joint press conference with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray here.

The NCP chief also said Ajit breached the party discipline.

On party's action against Ajit, Pawar said the decision will be taken during the outfit's meeting at 4:30 pm. 

Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said the BJP wants to stay in power by breaking parties. "We are doing everything during daytime while the BJP is doing at night," the Sena chief said. 

Earlier Pawar had tweeted, "Ajit Pawar's decision to support the BJP to form the Maharashtra Government is his personal decision and not that of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). We place on record that we do not support or endorse this decision of his." 

BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Chief Minister for the second time with Ajit as his deputy after the NCP leader claimed 35 of his party MLAs have supported the saffron outfit.

Though the tally of BJP-NCP is still five short of the majority mark (145), the saffron party is likely to cobble up the number with the support of the Independent MLAs.

(Image Credit: NCP Twitter)

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