Five years ago, the country’s biggest businessman Gautam Adani was also present in a meeting held to forge an alliance between the BJP and the NCP to form the government in Maharashtra. This development was revealed by Ajit Pawar, who broke away from Sharad Pawar and joined the BJP and Shiv Sena (Shinde) government, in an interview given to the news website ‘The News Minute’ during the ongoing assembly elections in Maharashtra. Ajit Pawar has told this in the context of the incident when five years ago, the formation of the government of the Congress, Shiv Sena and NCP alliance was almost certain, but in a recent surprise ceremony, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the Chief Minister and Ajit Pawar himself as the Deputy Chief Minister.
However, Ajit Pawar’s rebellion could last only three days, because Sharad Pawar decided not to support him. After this, most of the MLAs who went with Ajit Pawar returned to the Sharad Pawar-led NCP. A few days later, the undivided NCP and Shiv Sena joined hands with the Congress to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. Two and a half years after the formation of this government, a rebellion broke out in the Shiv Sena and the government fell. Its leader Eknath Shinde, along with most of the MLAs, joined hands with the BJP to form the government. Later, Ajit Pawar broke away from the NCP and became the Deputy Chief Minister in the Shinde government.
