Amid the intensifying political tension in Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Ajit Pawar was all set to inaugurate a new party office near the state secretariat on Tuesday.
But today, when the Ajit Pawar loyalists reached the new 'Rashtrawadi Bhavan at Ballard Estate', they had to wait for hours outside as the keys were missing.
It has been reported that the party leaders were seen sitting on chairs outside the locked doors while calls were being made to find the keys at the earliest.
As per media reports, Ajit Pawar chose a bungalow for the party office which previously belonged to Ambadas Danve, Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council and a loyalist of Uddhav Thackeray.
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The Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar factions of the Nationalist Congress Party are scheduled to convene key meetings on Wednesday amid the fight for the "real NCP".
Turbulence in NCP camp
A massive internal conflict erupted within the NCP on Monday as rival factions went on a sacking spree in a bid ro to tighten their grip over the organisation.
As a most crucial consequence, Ajit Pawar, who rebelled against his uncle Sharad Pawar, joined the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government on July 2.
He also sacked the Maharashtra NCP chief Jayant Patil and appointed Sunil Tatkare as the party's state unit chief.
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Ajit Pawar was also named as NCP's legislature wing leader.
The decision was taken after Sharad Pawar sacked Praful Patel, who was one of the eight MLAs that joined Ajit Pawar's rebellion, for "engineering secretive defections".
