




After taking the oath as Maharashtra minister, NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal said, "As it is said, 'everything is well if it ends well'.
Chhagan Bhujbal pointed out that he was dropped as minister despite taking on Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil and rallying the support of OBCs in Mahayuti's favour.
An NCP stalwart, Bhujbal is a former Deputy CM and has held key portfolios in both the previous Mahayuti and MVA governments.
A day after the Maharashtra cabinet expansion, visibly disturbed Bhujbal, speaking to reporters he rejected the Rajya Sabha seat proposal seven days ago as it would amount to betrayal with his assembly constituency which he won in the state polls last month.
Angered by Bhujbal's exclusion in the cabinet, his supporters held demonstrations in Nashik district.
On Sunday, Ajit Pawar led a vertical split in the NCP to become deputy chief minister in the Shiv Sena-BJP government. Eight other NCP MLAs, including Bhujbal, were sworn in as ministers in the Shinde cabinet.