NCP crisis Highlights: All rebel MLAs, including Ajit Pawar, disqualified for ‘anti-party’ activities

Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar with Praful Patel and others during a press conference, in Mumbai, Monday, July 3, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)(PTI07_03_2023_000182B)

Maharashtra News Live Updates: NCP chief Sharad Pawar has convened a meeting on July 5 in Mumbai — after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar took an oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra — to discuss the developments and the future course of action, its state unit chief Jayant Patil said. 

Ajit Pawar took oath in the presence of state chief minister Eknath Shinde and current deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis at Raj Bhavan on Sunday. A total of 37 NCP MLAs have joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Along with Pawar, nine other NCP leaders, have also joined the Maharashtra government as ministers. The leaders who joined the BJP with Pawar include NPC leaders Chhagan Bhujbal, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde, Dilip Walse Patil, Dharmarao Baba Atram, Aditi Tatkare, Anil Patil, and Sanjay Bansode.