Updated On: 08 December, 2023 10:16 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday wrote to his cabinet colleague and NCP leader Ajit Pawar, expressing opposition to the induction of Malik in the ruling `Maha Yuti` or grand alliance in the state

Jayant Patil. File Pic
After Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis wrote to NCP rival faction chief Ajit Pawar, opposing Nawab Malik`s induction into the ruling alliance in the state, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jayant Patil on Thursday called the move an attempt to provide an `explanation` to the people of Maharashtra, reported news agency ANI.
"Today, he (Nawab Malik) came to Vidhan Sabha and was sitting on the ruling party`s side. So, the BJP wrote this letter as a way of offering an explanation to the people (for the split in the NCP). Instead of sending a letter to Ajit Pawar, he (Fadnavis) could have just called and informed him. I think this letter was the government`s way of giving an explanation (amid Malik`s induction to the ruling alliance) to the people of Maharashtra," Jayant Patil told reporters in Mumbai on Thursday, reported ANI.