17 NCP MLAs missing from party meet

November 23, 2019 20:46

Of the 50 NCP leaders present at the NCP meeting currently, 13 are MLCs, say sources. So, total 17 MLAs are missing from the meet including Ajit Pawar, claim sources.

At the meet, the party also removed Ajit Pawar as the party's legislature unit leader after he joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party and took oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra.

The meeting, convened by Pawar after the dramatic developments of the morning, was attended by 49 of 54 party MLAs, and the party expected remaining legislators to join them, sources said.

Ajit Pawar, the NCP chief's nephew, had been elected as the legislature party leader on October 30 following the results of the Maharashtra assembly elections.

The resolution passed at the meeting also said that Ajit Pawar's right to issue a whip were also revoked.

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