Maharashtra Politics: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and other rebel MLAs of his faction met NCP chief Sharad Pawar and requested him to keep the party united, for the second consecutive day on Monday at Mumbai’s YB Chavan Centre.

Addressing the media, Senior NCP leader Praful Patel said, “Today, Ajit Pawar, Sunil Tatkare and I met Sharad Pawar at YB Chavan Centre. We again requested him to keep NCP united, and he listened to us but did not say anything on it.”

Today, Ajit Pawar, Sunil Tatkare and I met Sharad Pawar at YB Chavan Centre. We again requested him to keep NCP united, and he listened to us but did not say anything on it: Praful Patel in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/AjFXKjGinK

— ANI (@ANI) July 17, 2023

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However, on Sunday, Ajit Pawar and other rebel MLAs of his faction met NCP chief for the first time to request him to keep the party intact, but he did not responded to their request.

After meeting Pawar, Patel said that they went to seek the blessings of NCP chief and asked him to not break the party.

“We all came here to seek the blessings of respected Sharad Pawar today. We requested Pawar sahib that NCP should stay united. On this, Sharad Pawar did not give any reaction,” said Patel, while speaking to the media.

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Meanwhile, earlier on Monday, National spokesperson of NCP, Mahesh Tapase announced that Pawar and NCP national spokesperson Supriya Sule will skip the today’s opposition meeting. On the other hand, they will attend meeting on the second day i.e. July 18.

Taking the matter to Twitter, Tapase wrote, “Sharad Pawar and Supriya Sule will participate in the Opposition meeting tomorrow, 18th July…”

The two day opposition meeting in Bengaluru is aimed to chalk out the common strategy to dethrone the Narendra Modi led – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Centre in the upcoming lok sabha elections 2024. A total of 26 political parties will participate in the meeting.