NCP split: Jayant Patil, Sunil Tatkare meet in Maharashtra Vidhan Bhawan complex, hug each other, chat cordially
The party had suffered a vertical split on July 2 after Ajit Pawar and eight MLAs, including Chhagan Bhujbal, Hasan Mushrif and Dilip Walse Patil, joined the Eknath Shinde government. Tatkare, a Lok Sabha member from Raigad, and Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel chose to align with Ajit Pawar, while Jayant Patil, who is state unit chief of the undivided outfit, chose to stay with party founder Sharad Pawar.
