Among those who met Pawar included Umesh Patil and Vilas Lande who were previously with Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party, and Jayant Patil of PWP.

In a huge setback to the Congress party, Igatpuri MLA Hiraman Khoskar along with his supporters joined the Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar-led faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra.

Congress MLA from Igatpuri, Hiraman Bhika Khoskar, has joined the Ajit Pawar led-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), ahead of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra.

Congress MLA Hiraman Khoskar has not been active in the party since the Rajya Sabha elections. He was suspected of cross-voting against the party. The Maharashtra Assembly election is set to take place in the next few weeks.

In an event in Chandgad, Goa CM Sawant said Shivaji Patil had lost the 2019 polls by a slender margin and in this edition support should be such that he wins.