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"Majority of NCP MLAs with me," claims Ajit Pawar after Maharashtra cabinet meeting

Days after leading a revolt and splitting NCP, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said that the majority of party MLAs are with him. Read further on Dynamite News:

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NCP crisis: Supriya Sule reaches YB Chavan Centre for meeting called by Sharad Pawar

The crisis in NCP is escalating with the two factions calling separate meetings on Wednesday in an apparent show of strength. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Raj Thackeray suspects Sharad Pawar’s hand in nephew Ajit’s defection

Remarking that it was Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar who first started the politics of party-splitting in the State, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday said that the current political scenario was “a gross insult to the voters of Maharashtra”.

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As Ajit Pawar attends first Cabinet meet post-rebellion, resentment in Shinde group over NCP swallowing portfolios

the resentment of a section of leaders from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction against Mr. Pawar’s NCP group grew more pronounced as the impending portfolio allocation threatened to snuff out their Ministerial ambitions.

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Maharashtra political crisis | Those who betrayed my ideology have no right to use my photo: Sharad Pawar

NCP president Sharad Pawar said that those who had “betrayed” his ideology had no right to use his photograph after his nephew Ajit inaugurated the new NCP party office in Mumbai

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Key Nitish aide alleges BJP trying to repeat Maharashtra episode in Bihar

A key aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on July 4 rejected demands for Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav’s resignation, following a CBI chargesheet against the RJD leader, and accused the BJP of trying to repeat the Maharashtra episode in the State.

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Amidst NCP split, Thackeray camp moves SC against Speaker for delaying disqualification hearings against Shinde

The petition, filed in the top court amidst the ongoing churn in Maharashtra politics following Ajit Pawar’s split from NCP to join the Shinde Cabinet as Deputy Chief Minister, said Speakers should “rise above their political affiliations” while performing the duties of the office.

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Maharashtra Congress meeting | No discussion on Opposition leader's post; party decides to 'wait and watch'

Congress Legislature Party meeting didn’t discuss the issue of the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly and has decided to take a “wait and watch” approach

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Maharashtra political crisis | Majority of NCP lawmakers, leaders favoured tie-up with BJP and wanted to join Maharashtra govt., says Praful Patel

Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel has claimed 51 out of the 53 party MLAs had told NCP chief Sharad Pawar that the possibility of joining hands with the BJP should be explored after the MVA Government in Maharashtra collapsed last year.

The Hindu

Smoke and mirrors: on the political games in Maharashtra

Ajit Pawar’s defection is hardly the final act in the ongoing drama in Maharashra politics

The Hindu

Unrest among Shinde-led Sena as NCP expected to receive key portfolios

Maharashtra’s newly sworn-in Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, along with his group of Nationalist Congress Party leaders, met Cabinet colleague and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on July 3 and discussed the allocation of portfolios in the Cabinet.

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BJP’s induction of Ajit Pawar and NCP faction leaves future of Shinde camp in a limbo

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s latest blitz in engineering a split in Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and taking his nephew Ajit Pawar on board has left the ruling Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction staring at a parlous political future.

The Hindu

Maharashtra political crisis | NCP feud festers, goes to Assembly Speaker’s court

A day after the vertical split in his party, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar on July 3 announced the expulsion of MPs Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare for their “anti-party activities”.

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Maharashtra NCP crisis: How opposition parties expressed solidarity with Sharad Pawar

NEW DELHI: With NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on the defensive after his nephew Ajit Pawar split the party and joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government along with eight party MLAs in Maharashtra on Sunday, a couple of opposition parties extended their support to the veteran politician.

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Before they joined Shinde camp, Ajit Pawar, Bhujbal, Patel and Mushrif were under ED scanner

Of the nine NCP leaders who have joined the BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra, at least four MLAs or their family members have faced investigations by the Enforcement Directorate in recent years.

The Hindu

Maharashtra NCP crisis | Post-Ajit Pawar’s rebellion, president Sharad Pawar stages massive show of strength in Satara

Sharad Pawar, accompanied by his grand-nephew and MLA Rohit Pawar, staged a massive show of strength in Satara claiming that his party had the overwhelming support of Maharashtra’s youth

The Times of India

Maharashtra NCP crisis: Why PM Modi is being targetted by opposition

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is at the centre of attack by the opposition leaders over the split in Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) with nine of its MLAs led by Ajit Pawar joining the BJP-Shiv Sena (Shinde) government in Maharashtra on Sunday.

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Ajit Pawar effect: After 51 years, Maharashtra sees more than 200 MLAs of varous parties supporting govt

MUMBAI: A unique scenario is emerging for the first time in Maharashtra after the last 51 years as the number of MLAs from various parties backing the state government has prima facie reached 200, post the induction of NCP leader Ajit Pawar in the state cabinet.

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Nationalist Congress Party moves disqualification petition against Ajit Pawar, 8 other MLAs; issues notices to them

MUMBAI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has moved a petition before Maharashtra Assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar seeking disqualification of Ajit Pawar and eight other MLAs who have taken oath as ministers in the Eknath Shinde-led state government.

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Maharashtra Politics: 'Will not succumb to undemocratic forces', says NCP Chief Sharad Pawar after Ajit Pawar's revolt

Without naming his nephew Ajit Pawar who joined the Eknath Shinde-led government with eight other MLAs, the NCP chief further said the people of Maharashtra will not succumb to "undemocratic forces". Read further on Dynamite News:

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Next Opposition party meeting postponed, will be held before Parliament session: Congress MP Venugopal

The joint meeting of Opposition parties which was scheduled for July 13-14 in Bengaluru has now been postponed and will be held before the beginning of the Parliament's Monsoon Session. read further on Dynamite News:

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In Pawar vs Pawar, show of strength on cards, shock in Baramati

A day after the Nationalist Congress Party’s split, the two party factions are gearing up for their show of strength. While the side led by party supremo Sharad Pawar has filed a disqualification petition against Ajit Pawar and the eight party leaders who have been sworn in as ministers, the…

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Eknath Shinde will be replaced as Maharashtra CM soon; 16 MLAs will be disqualified: Sanjay Raut

Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday reiterated his claim that Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar who was sworn in as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra a day ago would soon replace Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Ajit Pawar will soon replace Eknath Shinde: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut reiterated his assertion on July 3 that rebel NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra on July 2, would soon replace Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

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