Ajit Pawar, other Maharashtra NCP ministers meet Sharad Pawar in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar along with some other ministers from his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) camp visited NCP president Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on Sunday.
After breaking with his uncle on July 2 and joining the Eknath Shinde administration, this was Sharad Pawar's first encounter with the faction led by Ajit Pawar.
At the Y B Chavan Centre, which is close to the state headquarters "Mantralaya," Ajit Pawar met Sharad Pawar along with NCP ministers Hasan Mushrif, Chhagan Bhujbal, Aditi Tatkare, and Dilip Walse Patil.
Sources from the Sharad Pawar camp said NCP state president Jayant Patil and party leader Jitendra Awhad had also reached the Y B Chavan Centre.
On Friday, Ajit Pawar visited Silver Oak, the official residence of the NCP supremo, to meet the latter's wife Pratibha Pawar after she underwent a surgery at a hospital here.
Ajit Pawar is known to be close to his aunt Pratibha. In 2019, she reportedly played a crucial role in bringing him back to the NCP fold after he and Devendra Fadnavis formed a short-lived government after the assembly polls.
(With inputs from PTI)