High-profile politician Ajit Pawar and eight others on Sunday ‘split’ the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founded by his uncle Sharad Pawar 25 years ago, and walked over to the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government as the second Deputy CM, creating an upheaval in state politics.
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In a major political upset, Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar on Sunday 'split' the Nationalist Congress Party to take oath as Deputy Chief Minister in the ruling alliance of Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government of Chief Minister Eknath .