In a significant political development, prominent leaders from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, and Hasan Mushrif were among others who were sworn in as ministers in the Maharashtra government on Sunday

A total of nine NCP leaders reportedly took oath as Maharashtra ministers after Ajit Pawar and other party leaders joined the NDA government in Maharashtra

NCP leader Ajit Pawar met some party leaders and MLAs at his official residence 'Devgiri' in Mumbai earlier in the day

40 MLAs of NCP have supported state government, said BJP unit president Chandrashekhar Bawankule

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar is undeterred by the split in his party and can start afresh

Ajit Pawar, who took oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, on Sunday said his party decided to become part of the Eknath Shinde government for the development of the country, and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership

Maintaining that there was no split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), he said they would contest all the future elections on the NCP's name and symbol. All the elected representatives (of the party) have supported the decision to join the government, Ajit Pawar said

Defending his decision to share power with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he said, "If we can go with the Shiv Sena, then we can go with the BJP as well. The same thing happened in Nagaland as well"