Ajit Pawar said that there were indications long back about the possibility of rebellion in Shiv Sena.

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Pune:

Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar said on Friday that party president Sharad Pawar and some other party people had warned the then Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray about a possible rebellion in his party Shiv Sena, but he did not listen to it. He was sure that his MLA would not take any such step.

A group of undivided Shiv Sena MLAs, led by then cabinet minister Eknath Shinde, rebelled against Thackeray's leadership in June last year, leading to the fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.

Later, the rebel MLAs and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came together to form the government under the leadership of Shinde. 

During an interview with a newspaper, Ajit Pawar was asked whether the MVA government had any apprehension about a rebellion in the Shiv Sena, to which Pawar said that there were indications about such an apprehension long back and Thackeray was informed about it. was informed about. 

NCP leader Ajit Pawar said, "Pawar Saheb (Sharad Pawar) himself informed Thackeray.

Pawar saheb had also called Thackeray and told him about it (possible rebellion in Shiv Sena).

However, Uddhavji had said that he has faith in his MLAs and is sure that they will not take such a step.

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