Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and his colleagues from NCP have reached Mantralaya in Mumbai for the cabinet meeting. It will be their first cabinet meeting after taking oath as ministers in the BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra.
According to a press release from the private hospital located on Greams Road in Chennai, Stalin, 70, had been admitted for a routine medical check-up.
Days after joining the BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra, state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will shortly inaugurate a new Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) party office near Mantralaya in Mumbai on Tuesday. Ajit Pawar had claimed that the entire NCP was on his side.
"BJP is afraid of the proposed Opposition alliance. Therefore, they are trying to break the parties. This is an indication that they are nervous. So, this is more encouraging to us," All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader Kunal Ghosh said.
In a new development in Maharashtra politics on Monday, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) disqualified nine rebel MLAs including Ajit Pawar who were sworn in as ministers in the Shinde-Fadnavis government 'for indulging in anti-party activities'.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Arvind Sawant on Monday said that people know that those who were corrupt are now ministers after NCP leader Ajit Pawar and eight other party leaders joined the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra in a surprise and dramatic political move.
"It is hereby notified all public and office bearers of NCP that from today Ms Sonia Doohan will be in charge of Nationalist Congress Party, New Delhi central office," the release by Sharad Pawar stated.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel on Monday in a joint conference announced that Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare has been appointed as the new State President of the party in Maharashtra.
"Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar and Dy CM Ajit Pawar came to meet Devendra Fadnavis today. CM Eknath Shinde will take the final call regarding the portfolios of the 9 MLAs who took oath yesterday. People do not believe what Sanjay Raut says. The condition of NCP is the same as that of Shiv
On being asked who will be Nationalist Congress Party national president now, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar asked on Monday whether they have forgotten that Sharad Pawar is the party's national president.
This comes after NCP's senior leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday joined Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra and took oath as the state's deputy chief minister.