Sharad Pawar leaves for Delhi to attend NCP National Executive meeting

Amid Maharashtra political crisis Nationalist Congress Party NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Thursday left for Delhi where he has called a National Executive meeting reported news agency ANIMeanwhile posters saying In the fight of truth and lie the entire country is with Sharad Pawar and Indias history is such that it has never forgiven those who have betrayed come up outside NCP chief Sharad Pawars residence in Delhi reported ANIHowever later it was removed by the New Delhi Municipal Council NDMCWith the NCP witnessing the unravelling of the party the Pawar family feud played out on stage on Wednesday as NCP factions headed by Sharad Pawar and his nephew held rival meetings at Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in south Mumbai and in Bhujbal Knowledge City in suburban Bandra respectivelySources told ANI that Election Commission has received a petition from Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar staking claim to Nationalist Congress Party NCP and the party symbolThe sources told ANI that the Election Commission has also received a caveat from Jayant Patil who is with the Sharad Pawar group He also informed the panel that they have initiated a disqualification process against nine MLAs who joined the Eknath ShindeBJP government in the state on SundayThe politics of Maharashtra is on the boil since Sunday as senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar took oath as the deputy chief minister of the state Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath Shindeled Maharashtra government with 8 other MLAs and has claimed control over the Nationalist Congress PartyOn Wednesday Ajit Pawar urged Sharad Pawar to step down and give a chance to the new generation stating that even leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP retire at the age of 75Ajit Pawar also has blamed the 82yearold Sharad Pawar for NCP losing out on the chance to have a chief minister of Maharashtra despite having the support of a majority of MLAs in the year 2014You portrayed me as a villain in front of everyone I still have deep respect for him Sharad PawarBut you tell me IAS officers retire at 60even in politics BJP leaders retire at 75 You can see the example of LK Advani and Murli Manohar JoshiThat allows the new generation to rise You Sharad Pawar give us your blessingsThe other day he went to YB Chavan memorialI have also been therebut you are 83 arent you going to stopGive us your blessings and we will pray that you live a long life said Ajit Pawar while addressing party legislators and other workers in Bandra hereLater in the day NCPs working president Supriya Sule in a stern response asked the deputy CM not to disrespect her father Disrespect us but not our father Sharad Pawar This fight is against the Bharatiya Janata Party government BJP is the most corrupt party in the country said Sule in Mumbai on WednesdayI saw 2019 elections this 84yearold man fought and won age is just a number Supriya Sule said furtherMeanwhile Anil Deshmukh NCP leader and a loyalist Sharad Pawar also came for rescue and ended up calling his party chief a Lion and said 82 saal ka sher abhi bhi zinda hai 82yearold Lion is still aliveWith inputs from ANI