NCP has filed a disqualification petition with the assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar against its nine leaders. On July 2, Ajit Pawar and eight other leaders of the NCP joined the BJP-Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra. Ajit Pawar took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Ajit Pawar said all MLAs are with him. NCP working president Supriya Sule said this move by Ajit Pawar is ‘painful’. NCP chief Sharad Pawar said, “This is not 'googly', it is a robbery.”