- On 2 July 2023, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar joined the Shiv Sena and BJP government led by Eknath Shinde in Maharashtra.
- Now Maharashtra will have two Deputy Chief Ministers. The other Deputy Chief Minister is Devendra Fadnavis.
- Along with Ajit Pawar, eight other NCP leaders also took oath as ministers.
- Earlier, Ajit Pawar had resigned from the post of Leader of the Opposition after a meeting with NCP MLAs.
- Ajit Pawar claimed that most of the party's MLAs were with him.
- NCP chief Sharad Pawar said any action against the rebel leaders would be decided by the party legislators.
- Jitendra Awhad was appointed as the new Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly.
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