Maharashtra: NCP working president Sule says Ajit Pawar ‘MLA of party’; slams Walse Patil for statement on Sharad Pawar

Asserting that Sharad Pawar became chief minister of Maharashtra four times, Sule said, “In 1990, when the Congress got a clear majority in the state, Pawar saheb became the CM. After the formation of NCP (in 1999), Pawar saheb never contested the Assembly polls.” The NCP used to fight on 118 seats in alliance (with Congress and other smaller units) so getting the magic figure of 145 in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly by itself was not possible, Sule pointed out.