As BJP workers were busy rooting for Devendra Fadnavis at the party's Mumbai office on Saturday afternoon, another drama was unfolding at the Yashwantrao Chavan Auditorium in Nariman Point. Here, NCP leaders had come down for a meeting with their party MLAs. Sources told mid-day that close to 50 MLAs were present at the meet. Meanwhile, NCP workers from across the state had gathered outside the auditorium.

This meeting was announced by NCP chief Sharad Pawar. To extend their support to Sharad Pawar, which is also seen as an exercise of flexing muscle, party workers soon began gathering at the venue.