Ajit Pawar with Devendra Fadnavis in Latur yesterday.
Mumbai:
Nationalist Congress Social gathering chief Ajit Pawar was seen with the highest leaders of Maharashtra’s ruling coalition amid a buzz over his subsequent transfer because the Supreme Court docket is ready to determine on final yr’s Shiv Sena mutiny.
Ajit Pawar, nephew and the obvious political inheritor of Sharad Pawar, shared frames with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis at a mass wedding ceremony in Latur yesterday.
Uddhav Thackeray camp MLAs and Ambadas Danve, Chief of the Opposition in Vidhan Parishad, have been amongst these current.
The hypothesis over Mr Pawar’s subsequent political transfer refuses to die down with him sharing frames with the rival leaders who engineered a blow to ally Uddhav Thackeray’s authorities final yr.
Ajit Pawar’s absence in a key celebration assembly and posters calling him the state’s future Chief Minister led to a buzz that he might break up his uncle’s celebration and be part of palms with the BJP. However the senior NCP chief has maintained in any other case.
Sharad Pawar, too, has performed down speculations that his nephew might ally with the BJP. “NCP won’t ever break. Nobody will go away the celebration. Individuals are maligning Ajit Pawar for no purpose,” he informed NDTV final week.
A shock choice by Sharad Pawar to step down as NCP boss final week additionally fuelled speculations over the way forward for the Opposition coalition in Maharashtra, however he withdrew his resignation following protests by the celebration staff.
Uncertainty looms over Maharashtra politics with the Supreme Court docket set to declare right this moment if Mr Shinde and his MLAs must be disqualified from the meeting for revolting towards Mr Thackeray, the then Chief Minister.
Mr Shinde, backed by the BJP, had break up the Shiv Sena and rallied some MLAs to kind a brand new authorities beneath his management final yr. If he is disqualified by the Supreme Court docket, his authorities shall be disbanded.
In that case, a contemporary authorities needs to be shaped by the facet that has higher numbers, relying on whether or not any MLA would change sides.
Maharashtra BJP has claimed the present ruling coalition with Eknath Shinde’s faction have the help of over 184 MLAs to show majority within the 288-member meeting.