According to sources, MLAs accompanying Ajit Pawar to Raj Bhawan were upset with NCP supremo Sharad Pawar's 'unilateral' decision to share stage and ally with Rahul Gandhi at the opposition unity meet in Bihar's Patna last month.
A meeting of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders was called at the residence of NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday and later Ajit Pawar along with other party leaders reached the Raj Bhavan.
According to police, a total of 33 people were travelling in the bus which was on its way to Pune. The bus owner, Virendra Darna, also said that the tyre burst caused the accident.
In a statement, Thackeray said, "The Buldhana accident should open the government's eyes as more than 300 people have lost their lives on the expressway since it was opened last year. The government has not made any plan to prevent accidents."
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his Deputy Devendra Fadnavis have reached Buldhana Civil Hospital to meet the injured in the Buldhana bus accident. Before reaching the hospital, they inspected the site of the accident in which 25 people died and eight sustained injuries.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his Deputy Devendra Fadnavis have reached the accident site on the Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway where they are currently inspecting the accident site. They will meet with the injured in hospital.
A total of 25 people, including three children died while eight people sustained injuries after a bus travelling from Maharashtra's Yavatmal to Pune caught fire in Buldhana on the Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the next kin of the deceased and free treatment for those injured in the bus accident in Buldhana on the Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway on Saturday.
In a major setback for its chief Aditya Thackeray, Yuva Sena leader Rahul Kanal on Friday said he will join Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday.
"We've renamed Versova-Bandra Sea Link as Veer Savarkar Setu and Mumbai Trans Harbour Link renamed as Atal Bihari Vajpayee Smruti Nhava Sheva Atal Setu," Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said.