NCP (SP) legislator Rohit Pawar on June 17 downplayed suggestions of a rift with Jayant Patil, State chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) faction. He said that while Mr. Patil was doing a fine job, more work needed to be done in some cells within the party. Mr. Patil, in his turn, chided Mr. Rohit for bringing up these issues in a public forum. Another prominent youth leader of the NCP (SP), Dheeraj Sharma, recently joined the rebel NCP faction led by Mr. Ajit Pawar. However, many legislators are saying they will take a decision after the Maharashtra Legislature session is over, as they are worried that if they come over now, then they will not be allocated their constituency funds,” claimed Mr. Rohit Pawar.

Source: The Hindu June 18, 2024 02:12 UTC