Updated On: 18 March, 2024 04:42 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Ajit Pawar broke away from Sharad Pawar & joined Eknath Shinde govt in July of last year along with eight other MLAs causing a vertical split in the party.

Ajit Pawar/ PTI
In a viral video on social media, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar`s younger brother Srinivas Pawar can be heard critiquing his choice to distance himself from Nationalist Congress Party founder and their uncle Sharad Pawar, reported PTI.
Ajit Pawar broke away from Sharad Pawar and joined Eknath Shinde government in July of last year along with eight other MLAs causing a vertical split in the party. Following hearings, Ajit Pawar`s faction got the party name and `clock` symbol and Sharad Pawar`s faction is now known as NCP (Sharad Chandra Pawar).