The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) announced on Wednesday that a prominent leader from another political party was considering to join Sharad Pawar's party. The party, with its aim to challenge the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra,

The NCP (SP) cited the Maharashtra electorate’s resentment towards the central BJP leadership as a key factor for the Mahayuti alliance's dwindling support.

The party’s Maharashtra unit president Jayant Patil made the claim in Nashik but did not reveal the party or the leader’s name.

NCP spokesperson highlights growing dissatisfaction within Maharashtra's Mahayuti alliance ahead of the state assembly elections, predicting challenges for the ruling coalition.

NCP (SP) spokesperson Mahesh Tapase says the electorate's resentment towards the BJP's central leadership was a key factor for the ruling alliance's declining support

In the recently held Lok Sabha polls, of the 48 seats in Maharashtra, the BJP and allies won only 17 seats, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi of Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) bagged 30. Between the NCP factions, the Ajit Pawar-led outfit won only one seat compared to 8 by the one headed by Sharad Pawar.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday asserted that NCP would contest the upcoming assembly polls with allies BJP and Shiv Sena under the Mahayuti banner and there was no questioning of his party quitting the ruling coalition.