Chief whip of Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction Jitendra Awhad has written to the Maharashtra Assembly speaker seeking separate sitting arrangement for members of the Ajit Pawar camp and the rest of MLAs of the party for the legislature session beginning Monday, reported news agency PTI.

According to PTI, in a letter addressed to Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Sunday, Jitendra Awhad said except for the nine MLAs- including Ajit Pawar- who have joined the government, the NCP is part of the opposition.