NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday said that he wants a Cabinet ministry in the central government for his party. He said that they did not feel right accepting the portfolio Minister of State with independent charge.
Pawar said he has told the BJP that his party is ready to wait for a few days for the Cabinet ministry. The Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister further said that they deserve oen Cabinet berth given that they will soon have four members in the Parliament.
Maharashtra's other Deputy Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, said the Ajit Pawar-led NCP missed out for insisting on cabinet berth instead of MoS with Independent charge.
"In a coalition government, a formula has to be drawn, which cannot be broken for one party. I can confidently say whenever cabinet expansion takes place, the (Union) government will consider the NCP. We did try to include NCP right now, but they insisted on cabinet portfolio," the senior BJP leader asserted.
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