Ajit-led NCP trying to get rival faction MPs to cross over: Raut
The Hindu
Ajit Pawar-led NCP accused of engineering defections in Sharad Pawar-led faction, aiming for Union Cabinet berths.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday (January 8, 2025) claimed that the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was trying to engineer defections in the rival NCP (SP), promising its leaders berths in the Union Cabinet.
Mr. Raut's comment came after NCP leader Amol Mitkati said that some Lok Sabha members from the Sharad Pawar-led NCP were in contact with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
NCP (SP) MLA and former State Minister Jitendra Awhad also alleged that Sunil Tatkare, State chief of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, had asked MPs of the rival faction to "leave the father and daughter".
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Mr. Tatkare's reaction to these claims was awaited.
Speaking to reporters, Raut alleged that senior NCP leader Praful Patel and Tatkare had been assigned the task of engineering defections in the Sharad Pawar-led faction.
At present, the Ajit-led NCP has only one Lok Sabha MP, Tatkare, while the rival NCP (SP) has eight Lok Sabha members.
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