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Mumbai: A day after joining the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Minister of State Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday went to meet Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to discuss allocation of portfolios in the cabinet, sources said. On Sunday, Ajit Pawar led a split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to become the Deputy Chief Minister. Eight other NCP leaders also took oath as ministers in the Eknath Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
“Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal and some other NCP leaders have reached Meghdoot Bungalow (official residence of Fadnavis). They will discuss the distribution of cabinet portfolios,” said a source close to Ajit Pawar. In the past, Ajit Pawar held portfolios like water resources, power and finance. At present, all three portfolios are with Fadnavis, who holds the charge There is also the State Home Department.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said that there is a need to fight the forces creating communal divide in Maharashtra and the country. Addressing NCP workers and supporters in Karad, a day after a split in the party led by Ajit Pawar to become deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde-led government, Sharad Pawar also said, “Some of our people are in the BJP to break others.” Fell victim to the strategy. Parties.”
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#Watch , Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar along with NCP leaders Praful Patel, Chhagan Bhujbal and Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare met Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai today.
NCP leader Sunil Tatkare’s daughter and MLA Aditi Tatkare was inducted into the Shinde-BJP cabinet yesterday. pic.twitter.com/TU8dYP6rqD— ANI (@ANI) 3 July 2023
“Attempts are being made to create a communal divide in Maharashtra and the country. We need to fight forces that create fear among peace-loving citizens,” he said. “We need to protect democracy in the country,” he said. Sharad Pawar visited the memorial of his guru and Maharashtra’s first Chief Minister Yashwantrao Chavan in Karad and paid floral tributes to him.
The 82-year-old leader’s visit to late Chavan’s memorial ‘Preethisangam’ on the occasion of Guru Purnima is seen as a show of strength by him, a day after his nephew Ajit Pawar led a split in the NCP. Sharad Pawar left Pune for Karad on Monday morning and stopped on the way to meet supporters who lined up on the roadside to welcome and support him.
Thousands of supporters and local NCP MLA Balasaheb Patil welcomed him in Karad. Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan, a resident of Karad, was also present.
