Fight For NCP Heads To Assembly, Party Leaders Get 2 Counter Whips
NDTV
Ajit Pawar has issued a whip asking the MLAs to sit with the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, NCP's chief whip has asked the legislators to occupy opposition benches.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislators have received two contrasting set of instructions for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly session which starts today. While Ajit Pawar has issued a whip asking the MLAs to sit with the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, NCP's chief whip Jitendra Awhad has asked the legislators to occupy the opposition benches.
In a shock move last month, Ajit Pawar resigned as the leader of the Opposition and hours later took oath as the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister..
On Friday, Ajit Pawar was allotted a key Finance portfolio while his camp managed to bag Cooperative and Agriculture ministries, which were represented by BJP and Shiv Sena headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde earlier.
