52 MLAs are with us: NCP's Nawab Malik

November 25, 2019 08:43

Two out of four Nationalist Congress Party MLAs who went 'missing' after attending the swearing in of Devendra Fadnavis as Maharashtra's chief minister along with NCP's Ajit Pawar as his deputy have reached Hyatt hotel in Mumbai on Monday.

NCP leaders said that the two MLAs -- Daulat Daroda and Anil Patil -- were lodged in a hotel in Gurugram and came back to Mumbai along with Nationalist Youth Congress president Dheeraj Sharma and Nationalist Student Congress chief Sonia Doohan on late Sunday night.

Another lawmaker Nitin Pawar had already reached Mumbai on Sunday while NCP MLA Narhari Zirwal is currently at a safe location in Delhi, party leaders said.

The MLAs who have returned have pledged their support to the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, which won 54 seats in the recently concluded assembly elections.

Meanwhile, following the recent development, NCP leader Nawab Maliksaid that 52 MLAs have come back to Sharad Pawar-led party.

"52 MLAs of the party have come back to us, one more is in touch with us," Malik said.

On Sunday evening, all NCP MLAs were moved to hotel Hyatt in Mumbai, citing security concerns.

Image: NCP MLAs Anil Patil (3rd from right in yellow shirt) and Daulat Daroda (5th from right in yellow shirt), who were reportedly missing, have been brought to Mumbai from Delhi. Photograph: ANI

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