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The Speaker also said it is his prerogative to decide on the appointment of a new opposition leader in the Assembly.
NCP has 53 MLAs in 288-member Maharashtra Assembly; Ajit Pawar needs support of at least 36 legislators to not attract provisions of anti-defection law.
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'Thanks' PM Modi for siding with the same party members whom he had called corrupt.
Maintaining that there was no split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), he said they would contest all the future elections on the NCP's name and symbol.
NCP appoints Jitendra Awhad as leader of opposition in Assembly
The news made headlines after Ajit Pawar on Sunday met some party leaders and MLAs at his official residence in Mumbai.
The 63-year-old leader, who is known to be politically ambitious and speak his mind, took oath as the deputy CM of Maharashtra on Sunday for the third time since 2019, capping months of intense speculation about his next political move.
"Politics of development is being backed by a man of development. When a deserving party worker gets a secondary role, such things happen," Shinde said about Ajit Pawar, the nephew of Sharad Pawar who is known to display rebellious streaks.
In a day of massive political developments, Ajit Pawar was sworn in as deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde government along with several of his colleagues.