29 of 53 NCP MLAs attend Ajit Pawar’s meet in major show of strength: Here’s the full list

From among those present at Ajit Pawar's meeting, eight MLAs are those who had been sworn into the state Cabinet along with Pawar on Sunday.

By: Express Web Desk

New Delhi | Updated: July 16, 2023 02:11 PM IST

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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar with NCP leaders Praful Patel, Chhagan Bhujbal and others during the meeting today. (PTI photo)

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In a major show of strength, at least 29 MLAs and and 4 MLCs from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) marked their attendance at newly inducted Maharashtra Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s meeting at the Mumbai Education Trust on Wednesday.

This comes as another meeting of NCP leaders from the opposing faction – led by party supremo Sharad Pawar – was held at at YB Chavan Centre.

Here’s a full list of the NCP MLAs who were present at Ajit Pawar’s meet:

1) Ajit Pawar
2) Chhagan Bhujbal
3) Hassan Mushrif
4) Narhari Jhirwal
5) Dilip Mohite
6) Anil Patil
7) Manikrao Kokate
8) Dilip Walse Patil
9) Aditi Tatkare
10) Rajesh Patil
11) Dhananjay Munde
12) Dharmarao Atram
13) Anna Bansod
14) Nilesh Lanke
15) Indranil Naik
16) Sunil Shelke
17) Dattatraya Bharne
18) Sanjay Bansode
19) Sangram Jagtap
20) Dilip Bankar
21) Sunil Tingre
22) Sunil Shelke
23) Balasaheb Ajabe
24) Deepak Chavan
25) Yashwant Mane
26) Nitin Pawar
27) Shekhar Nikam
28) Sanjay Shinde(independent)
29) Raju Kormare

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In addition, four out of the eight NCP MLCs were also present at the meeting in Bandra.

1) Amol Mitkari
2) Ramraje Nimbalkar
3) Aniket Tatkare
4) Vikram Kale

Deputy CM Pawar unfurled the NCP flag at the MET, along with other party leaders. From among those present, eight MLAs – Chhagan Bhujbal, Hasssan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde, Dilip Walse Patil, Dharmarao Baba Atram, Aditi Tatkare, Anil Patil, and Sanjay Bansode – are those who had been sworn into the state Cabinet along with Pawar on Sunday.

Aditi Tatkare, who represents Shrivardhan in Raigad district and is the daughter of Sunil Tatkare, is the first woman minister in the Eknath Shinde government. On the other hand, 65-year-old Dilip Walse Patil, son of late Congress MLA Dattatray Walse Patil, had started his career as Sharad Pawar’s secretary.

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Ajit Pawar had on Sunday joined hands with the ruling Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra to become the deputy chief minister, after leading a revolt in the NCP, triggering a split. The party has 53 MLAs in the state legislative Assembly.

Meanwhile, former BJP heavyweight turned NCP MLC Eknath Khadse, Jitendra Awhad, Anil Deshmukh, Rajendra Shingne, Prajakt Tanpure, Ashok Pawar, Jayant Patil, and others have arrived at Sharad Pawar’s meeting at the YB Chavan Centre.

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