During the induction event held at NCPs head office, both Sharad Pawar and Khadse maintained the switch over was not driven by any expectation from either side.
Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik, party MPs Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, Supriya Sule and Fauzia Khan are among the star campaigners for NCP in the upcoming polls.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal had on September 17 quit the Union Cabinet after Sukhbir Badal strongly opposed the bills in Lok Sabha, claiming these legislations will "destroy" the agriculture sector in Punjab.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar claims he has been served notices by the Income Tax department in connection with his poll affidavits.
Crying foul, the NCP-Congress attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government 'for exceeding its brief for sheer political reasons' over the issue.