Amid political turmoil in Maharashtra, newly-appointed deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar will inaugurate a new NCP office in front of Maharashtra Mantralaya in Mumbai. With the backing of at least 40 MLAs, the political coup in Maharashtra has turned the tables as NCP leader Ajit Pawar took oath as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister. Eight other party legislators also joined the National Democratic Alliance government in the state. Hours after Ajit Pawar and some other Nationalist Congress Party leaders joined the Maharashtra government, party chief Sharad Pawar said, “This is not ‘googly’, it is a ‘robbery’ and that he was worried about the future of those who left the party.