Fresh Political Turmoil In Maharashtra? Pawar Factions Claim More Rebellion From MPs, MLAs

Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Rohit Pawar on Monday claimed that 18 to 19 MLAs from Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s faction of the Nationalist Congress Party would switch sides after the upcoming Monsoon session of the state Assembly, PTI reported.

The Monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature will begin on June 27 and end on July 12. The state Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in October.

On Monday, Rohit Pawar said that there were several MLAs who had never spoken ill of Sharad Pawar, the president of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), or other senior leaders after the party’s split in July 2023.