Mumbai: In a major shake-up in Maharashtra politics, the Nationalist Congress Party on Thursday announced the end of its ties with the Congress ahead of the Assembly elections due in the state on October 15.
The NCP, in a press conference, declared that it was withdrawing of its support from the state government. "Ajit Pawar will meet the Governor and submit his resignation as the Deputy CM of Maharashtra, The NCP is withdrawing its support," NCP leader Praful Patel said.
Hitting out at the Congress, the NCP said that despite being in an alliance, the Congress did not consult them before announcing its list of candidates for the Assembly elections on Wednesday.
The NCP also claimed that the Congress ignored them in the alliance. They asserted that the CM's position has always been held by the Congress in the 15-year-old alliance and they had demanded a change now. "We offered a proposal of equally sharing tenure for CM's post," Patel said.
The decision comes soon after the Bharatiya Janata Party announced the end of the 25-year-old alliance with Shiv Shiv Sena on Thursday evening.
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