Former NCP's Pimpri-Chinchwad unit chief, Ajit Gavhane is among the leaders who joined the Sharad Pawar faction. Three other senior leaders of NCP's Pimpri-Chinchwad unit- Rahul Bhosale, Pankaj Bhalekar and Yash Sane who quit their party on Tuesday also joined the founder camp.
"I resigned yesterday and today all the ex-corporators will be holding a meeting and strategising on our next moves. We will also take the blessing of Sharad Pawar," Gavhane said speaking to ANI on Wednesday.
Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Monday spoke about the meeting of Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal with NCP-SCP Chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) and said that a lot of characters will try to change their side.
CM Mamata said she would also meet Nationalist Congress Party (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray there, and might also meet Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
The party had requested that the Commission issue a communication/certificate recording the status of the party for the purpose of accepting voluntary contributions from public.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that opposition MPs staged a walkout from Rajya Sabha as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was lying and asserted that the BJP-RSS, Jan Sangh, and their "political forefathers" had strongly opposed the Indian Constitution.
After the Opposition staged a walkout from Rajya Sabha, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SCP) Chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi or the Chairman of the House should respect him (Kharge) as he is on "Constitutional post."
Nationalist Congress party (NCP-SCP) Chief and Former BCCI President Sharad Pawar on Sunday expressed his delight and congratulated Indian cricket team on their stellar performance in the T20 World Cup.