Updated On: 06 July, 2023 01:47 PM IST | ronak mastakar
Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale met Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at the latter`s residence in Mumbai on Thursday (Pics/Ramdas Athawale`s team)

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After the meeting, Ramdas Athawale said Ajit Pawar`s support to the NDA will "further weaken" the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)
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Ramdas Athawale, who heads the Republican Party of India (A), said it was a courtesy visit after Pawar became the deputy CM of the state

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Ajit Pawar on Sunday led a vertical split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to become deputy chief minister in the Shiv Sena-BJP government
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Eight other NCP MLAs, including Chhagan Bhujbal and Hasan Mushrif, were sworn in as ministers in the Eknath Shinde cabinet

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The MVA comprises the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), Sharad Pawar-led NCP faction and the Congress. In June last year, the MVA government of Thackeray collapsed after a revolt led by Eknath Shinde against the Shiv Sena leadership. The revolt also led to a split in the Shiv Sena
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