Maharashtra Government formation Live Updates| ‘Together in this fight’: Sharad Pawar backs Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray

NCP lawmaker from Baramati in a WhatsApp status said that the 'party' and the 'family' is split.

Supriya Sule, Senior NCP leader and daughter of Sharad Pawar's latest Whatsapp status,her office confirms statement as well pic.twitter.com/cRksZyrNJK

— ANI (@ANI) November 23, 2019

Congress party treasurer has tweeted that 'evil manoeuvres take place in the secrecy of midnight'.

Illegal and evil manoeuvres take place in the secrecy of midnight

Such was the shame that they had to do the swearing in hiding

This illegitimate formation will self destruct

— Ahmed Patel (@ahmedpatel) November 23, 2019

Nawab Malik has said that signatures were taken for attendance but it was misused as a basis of oath.

Sharad Pawar, NCP Chief, has called a meeting of all the NCP MLAs today.

'It is very clear from Mr Pawar’s tweet that there is a split in the NCP. On being asked how many are with them, it will take some time to figure out. These things take time. He will be doing a press conference at 1230', said NCP leader Supriya Sule to HT

Union minister Prakash Javadekar has said that the people of Maharashtra had voted for PM Modi and Devendra Fadnavis but Shiv Sena defied the mandate.

NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said there was no indication of any revolt and the needful will be decided during the meeting which will be held with NCP chief Sharad Pawar.

BJP working president speaks to the media and said that Fadnavis' government will bring widespread development in Maharashtra.

CM Devendra Fadnavis is confident that under the guidance of PM Narendra Modi, Maharashtra will achieve greater heights, he wrote on Twitter.

KC Venugopal and Mallikarjun Kharge, senior Congress leaders, have been called at the Mumbai Congress' party office for a high-level meeting.

Girish Mahajan of the Bharatiya Janata Party has said that Sena MLA sare frustrated with Raut and could join the BJP because of him. He also said since Ajit Pawar had given them letter of support, it indicate that the entire NCP is with Fadnavis and the BJP.

Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray and NCP Chief Sharad Pawar will address a joint press conference later today at 12:30 PM

The Sena MP could not contain himself while speaking to the media and targeting the governor he said that he expected integrity from Governor Koshyari given that he was a former RSS man.

NCP leader Jayant Patil has said that there are no MPs who have sided alongside Ajit Pawar, they remain loyal to Sharad Pawar. NCP chief Pawar has already tweeted that his NCP does not endorse Ajit's move.

Ajit Pawar's decision to support the BJP to form the Maharashtra Government is his personal decision and not that of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
We place on record that we do not support or endorse this decision of his.

— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) November 23, 2019

Sanjay Raut bore into Maharashtra's deputy CM and said Ajit Pawar could not look people in the eye as he left the meeting. 'Satta, paisa, masti has taken control over democracy', says the Sena lawmaker.