Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said that Ajit Pawar has confessed to him that allying with the Bharatiya Janata Party was the biggest mistake. The 78-year-old leader also indicated that he may forgive Ajit for the misadventure that barely lasted 80 hours.

Days after his failed rebellion and return to the Nationalist Congress Party, he seems to have taken charge of roles he used to take care of earlier. At No.2 position after Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar is taking care of major happenings in the party, including important meetings and addressing legislators at various occasions.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)'s Ajit Pawar will be returning as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, this time for Uddhav Thackeray, a report said on Thursday, hours before the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government's oath ceremony.

"I never left the party. I was with the NCP, I am with the NCP and will remain with the NCP. Media has misreported about me in the last few days and I will react to it at an appropriate time," Ajit Pawar said ahead of the oath by legislators in the assembly.

Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray has been elected to lead the Congress-NCP-Sena alliance by the MLAs of the three parties during a meeting on Tuesday evening. The announcement came hours after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis resigned as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

The Supreme Court will be hearing a petition on Sunday filed by Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress against the Centre's move to end the President's rule in Maharashtra and invite Devendra Fadnavis to form the government in the state.

Hours after Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Ajit Pawar took oath as the Deputy CM of the state, Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar addressed a joint press conference in Mumbai with the former tagging it as a surgical strike on Maharashtra. He also claimed that people will avenge it.

Attacking Ajit Pawar, who took oath as Deputy CM of Maharashtra on Saturday, NCP leader Nawab Malik said that the signatures have been misused. According to him the party had taken the signatures from MLAs for attendance which was later misused.

Addressing a press conference after surprise twist in the Maharashtra politics, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar said all its MLAs had endorsed a Sena-led government in the state. "A true NCP member will never join hands with the BJP," he said, saying that 10-11 MLAs of his party had gone with Ajit Pawar.

Ajit Pawar has been removed as the NCP legislative party leader hours after he took oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, along with the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis who was sworn in as the Chief Minister for a second consecutive term.