Ajit Pawar resigns as deputy CM, Fadnavis to speak to journalists
Maharashtra
deputy chief minister Ajit
Pawar
has resigned, four days after he controversially joined BJP leader
Devendra Fadnavis’s government and said he had the support of
legislators belonging to his National Congress Party.
Pawar
resigned after the Supreme Court this morning ordered Fadnavis to
take a floor test on Wednesday, prompting a three-party Opposition
alliance to claim victory against the BJP.
Fadnavis
will speak to journalists in Mumbai at 3.30pm, TV reports said.
Ajit
Pawar is the nephew of Sharad Pawar, NCP president, who aimed to form
a government along with the Shiv Sena and Congress party. Read
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