5 Shiv Sena Corporators from Parner Nagar Panchayat in Ahmednagar, joined Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in presence of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in Baramati on Saturday.
But now Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has asked Ajit Pawar to give back 5 of his Shiv Sena corporators. The message was conveyed to Ajit Pawar through phone call by Thackeray's personal assistant and party secretary Milind Narvekar.
Now everyone's awaiting how NCP would react to CM's demand.
Meanwhile, NCP MLA Nilesh Lanke has informed Lokmat that he has not yet received any such message from Ajit Pawar regarding the issue.
As per reports, NCP MLA Nilesh Lanke, who was present when the corporators made the switch, said that the five members were also reportedly in talks with the BJP.
Several ministers from NCP and Congress have accused Uddhav Thackeray of depending more on bureaucrats than his alliance partners, alleging that they were being 'sidelined'.