MUMBAI, September 26, 2012 (PTI)
A crucial meeting of the NCP Legislature Party will be held in Mumbai on Wednesday to discuss the political situation in the aftermath of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's resignation from the Congress-NCP coalition government in Maharashtra.
The Legislature Party of NCP will meet at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
Party sources said several legislators owing allegiance to Mr. Pawar are firm that the party should quit the government and extend outside support to it.
The simmering tensions in the 13-year-old coalition came to the fore on Wednesday with the resignation of Mr. Ajit Pawar, nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, following reports of a scam to the tune of thousands of crores of rupees in irrigation projects during his tenure as Water Resources minister between 1999 and 2009.
Twenty other NCP ministers have sent their resignations to state party chief Madhukar Pichad with a demand that the party should quit the coalition.
There are 61 NCP MLAs in the 288-member House. Congress has 82 MLAs, while opposition Shiv Sena has 45 and BJP has 47 members.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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