Chhagan bhujbal
Taking a stand against the party leadership and holding hands with his own trusted leaders, Ajit Pawar decided to join hands with the BJP in the future and was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister in the Shinde-Fadnavis cabinet on July 2. Twelve days after nine MLAs of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) including Ajit Pawar were sworn in as ministers, the Maharashtra cabinet expansion has taken place and the issue of cabinet portfolio redistribution has finally been settled. The leaders of Ajit Pawar`s group have got all the powerful portfolios. Ajit Pawar has been given the finance and planning portfolio despite the opposition of ministers and MLAs from the Shinde group, while Dhananjay Munde has been given the agriculture portfolio. Let us take a look at the list of newly sworn in NCP Leaders and their portfolios.
Amid speculations of rift in the Nationalist Congress Party, Ajit Pawar, along with eight leaders of the NCP took the oath of office on Sunday. A disgruntled Ajit Pawar made the latest move four years after he tried to divide the Nationalist Congress Party as he once again took oath as the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, a post he will share with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis. This came after he held an urgent meeting with NCP MLAs earlier in the day and, according to sources, at least 30-40 of the party’s legislators were in attendance. Among those who switched sides along with Ajit Pawar are Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde, Aatram Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao, Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Baburao Bansode, and Anil Bhaidas Patil.
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