MLAs Joining Ajit Pawar
MLAs Ramraje Naik-Nimbalkar and Dipak Chavan had crossed over before Jadhav-Patil did so last Friday. Hundreds of his supporters from Wai, which comprises three tehsils, followed their leader.
NCP Split and Oath-Taking Ceremony
The NCP was split wide open on July 2 after eight MLAs took oath as ministers of the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government. Jadhav-Patil had attended the oath-taking ceremony, but the very next day, he welcomed Pawar to Satara and accompanied him on the Karad trip.
Conditions for Switching Loyalty
A purported video of the meeting between Ajit Pawar and Jadhav-Patil’s supporters shows the latter setting two conditions for switching loyalty ★financial help to the debt-ridden Kisan Veer and Khandala sugar factories, and a cabinet berth for the Wai MLA.
Closed-Door Meeting
Sources said Ajit Pawar and Jadhav-Patil held a closed-door meeting after he formally switched sides.
Summary:
- Makarand Jadhav-Patil, a legislator from Satara, Maharashtra, joined newly-anointed deputy CM Ajit Pawar.
- He is the third NCP legislator to join Ajit Pawar after the split engineered by Sharad Pawar’s nephew.
- MLAs Ramraje Naik-Nimbalkar and Dipak Chavan had already crossed over before Jadhav-Patil.
- Jadhav-Patil had attended the oath-taking ceremony of the ministers in the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government.
- Ajit Pawar and Jadhav-Patil held a closed-door meeting after he switched sides.
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