Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar on Monday took a swipe at Ajit Pawar's reference of the 1978 move by the former against then Maharashtra chief minister Vasantdada Patil and said that was not a rebellion but a decision taken after mutual consultation.

In 1978, Sharad Pawar had walked out of the government with 40 MLAs, leading to the collapse of the Patil dispensation. The NCP supremo, on July 18 that year, was sworn in as chief minister. He was the youngest on the post at 38, newswire PTI reported.