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Shiv Sena (UBT) person Sanjay Raut connected Saturday (January 24, 2026) claimed that the 2 factions of the NCP volition travel unneurotic and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar volition instrumentality to the Maha Vikas Aghadi, arsenic his bosom is with his family.
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Speaking to reporters, Mr. Raut claimed that the ruling NCP has merged with Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) arsenic some are contesting connected the 'clock' canvass awesome successful the upcoming Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections successful the State.
"Though Ajit Pawar is portion of the Mahayuti, helium is inactive connected with the MVA. Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar volition travel unneurotic arsenic portion of the MVA. Ajit Pawar cannot measurement connected 2 stones," helium said.
Ajit Pawar joined the past Eknath Shinde authorities on with eight MLAs successful July 2024, resulting successful a divided successful the NCP. The faction led by him got the enactment sanction and 'clock' symbol, portion Sharad Pawar's outfit is present called NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar).
The NCP factions had formed an confederation for the municipal corp polls successful Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad earlier this period and person announced a tie-up for the 3rd signifier of civic assemblage polls scheduled for February 5. They volition contention connected the Ajit Pawar-led party's timepiece symbol.
Mr. Raut further alleged that Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is upset with the BJP implicit the mayoral station successful the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Even the cardinal enactment successful Delhi is not acceptable to relent, helium said.
In the precocious held civic elections, the BJP won 89 seats and its ally, the Shiv Sena, 29, handing the Mahayuti harvester a constrictive bulk successful the 227-member BMC.
Mr. Shinde has reiterated that Mumbai volition person a Mahayuti mayor, without elaborating connected his basal connected the matter.
Though mostly ceremonial, the Mumbai mayor’s station is simply a awesome of the governmental dominance of the governing party. The politician presides implicit cardinal civic meetings of the country’s richest civic body.
