Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar on Saturday said that all MLAs of his party had endorsed a Sena-led government.
Addressing a press conference on the Maharashtra coup, in which hisnephew Ajit Pawar took oath along with the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis said, "Atrue NCP member will never join hands with the BJP." He said that 10-11 MLAs ofhis party had gone with Ajit Pawar.
The two leaders, however, broke their silence hours after the massivecoup in which Fadnavis took oath as Chief Minister in the early hours ofSaturday, with the NCP's Ajit Pawar as his deput.
It was just hours ago, that the NCP had pledged support to a ShivSena-led alliance along with the Congress. Pawar said that he had received acall in the morning at 6.30 am that a meeting was called at Governor BhagatSingh Koshyari's house.
Pawar further stated that except Ajit Apawar, none of the NCP MLAs wentfor the swearing-in ceremony. The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance is stillactive. All the elected MLAs have given their support to this alliance, said Pawar.
