The split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) happened on July 2 when eight NCP MLAs took oath as ministers in the Maharashtra coalition government led by Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis. Although Jadhav-Patil attended the oath-taking ceremony, he welcomed Sharad Pawar to Satara the next day and accompanied him on a trip to Karad.
India News: KOLHAPUR: A third NCP legislator from Maharashtra's Satara - Makarand Jadhav-Patil of Wai - joined newly-anointed deputy CM Ajit Pawar, less than a we.
Opposition members reminded the minister of state for energy Prajakt Tanpure that the Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s announced that the power supply will not be disconnected if the current bill is paid.