Nationalist Congress Party MLA Saroj Ahire who had not openly sided with any of the NCP factions after the split in the party extended her support to Ajit Pawar on Saturday.

Saroj represents the Deolali legislative assembly constituency. She was present at Nashik railway station to welcome Ajit Pawar, who was allocated the finance and planning ministries on Friday. The minister is in Nashik for the 'Shasan Aplya Dari' event to bring government schemes to citizens.