His comments came amidst the recent defection of 29 former corporators, including Pimpri-Chinchwad city unit chief Ajit Gavhane, from the Ajit Pawar-led NCP to Sharad Pawar's faction and speculation is rife that leaders from Pune City will follow suit.
This will be the first time that elections are held for the Speaker of the lower house, as traditionally, the Lok Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker have been elected through consensus between the ruling party and the Opposition.
However, the veteran NCP leader added that those MLAs who would not "hurt" the image of the party would be taken back, but after having a word with the party leaders and workers.
Earlier in the day, the TMC delegation met NCP (SP) President Sharad Pawar who supported their demand for an investigation into the alleged stock market manipulation following the exit polls.
NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday asked his party workers to be ready for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections this year and claimed the power of the state will be in their hands after the polls.
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, NCP leader Praful Patel and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale were present with her at the Divisional Commissioner's office.
NCP- Sharad Pawar state president Jayant Patil also said that a last round of discussion will be done tomorrow followed by the announcement of the candidate.
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to ensure that more prominent disclaimers are published in its election advertisements notifying that the allocation of the 'clock' symbol to it is sub-judice.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's brother Srinivas Pawar slammed the former for revolting against his uncle and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and called his brother incompetent (Nalayak).
Notably, the ED has issued a ninth summons to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering probe related to irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 case asking him to join the investigation on March 21.