Bhujbal protests spark NCP internal rift in Pune

Dipak Mankar, the Pune city head of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), on Wednesday, said they could also give a befitting reply to Chhagan Bhujbal's supporters but are keeping quiet because of 'Dada' (Ajit Pawar).

- Staff Reporter

This comes a day after supporters of NCP stalwart Chhagan Bhujbal staged protests in Pune on Tuesday over his exclusion from the new Maharashtra cabinet, saying this amounted to an insult to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). An agitation was also held outside the bungalow of Deputy CM and NCP chief Ajit Pawar in his hometown of Baramati in the Pune district. A protester demanded that Pawar make an announcement assigning the dep