If we can go with Shiv Sena to form government then why not with BJP: Ajit Pawar

Marking a vertical split in the Nationalist Congress Party NCP Ajit Pawar on Sunday joined the Eknath Shindeled Maharashtra government as deputy chief ministerAccording to the PTI Ajit Pawar after taking oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra said If we can go with Shiv Sena to form government then why not with BJPWe extended support to Shinde government as NCP legislative party will fight all future polls on party symbol he saidAjit Pawar further said I resigned as Leader of Opposition on Friday later expressed wish to work for party NCP the PTI reportedFollowing a massive political development in the state Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde the different party leaders have come together to develop the stateCM Shinde said There is enough time to discuss about the seat sharing in the cabinet We have come together to develop Maharashtra They the opposition got 45 seats in Lok Sabha elections this time they will not manage to get even those number of seats reported the ANIAfter officially taking oath as the state deputy CM Ajit Pawar also changed his Twitter bio to Deputy Chief Minister of MaharashtraThe country is progressing under the leadership of PM Modi He is also popular in other countries Everyone supports him and appreciates his leadership We will fight the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections with them BJP and that is why we have taken this decision Ajit Pawar said according to the ANIHe said Today we have decided to support the Maharashtra government and took oath as ministers There will be a discussion on the portfolios later Considering all aspects at the national level we thought that we should support developmentSeveral people will criticise now a bit We dont give value to that and we will keep working for the progress of Maharashtra and that is why we have taken this decision Most of our MLAs are satisfied with this We have supported this govt We will contest all elections in the name of NCP only Ajit Pawar saidSome MLAs could not be contacted as they are out of country but I spoke to all of them and they agreed with our decision he addedWe took a decision to come with the ShindeFadanvis govt with almost all MLAs of NCP We took oath and a few other ministers will be added in the next expansion he said according to the ANIMeanwhile senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal who also took oath as a minister on Sunday said We have joined the government as its third party Few people are saying that we have split the party but that is not correct We have come here as NCP We have also criticised Modi govt on many occasions but it is true that the country is safe in his hands the ANI reportedThey opposition are saying that we are here because we have cases against us and we are under pressure Most of us either no longer have cases against us or the investigations are underway The Court has not taken any coercive steps against us because there is nothing concrete against us So saying that we joined because we were under pressure is not correct Bhujbal said according to the ANIwith PTI and Ani inputs