newly appointed maharashtra deputy cm ajit pawar said today we have decided to support the maharashtra government and took oath as ministers there will be a discussion on the portfolios later considering all aspects at the national level we thought that we should support developmentthe country is progressing under the leadership of pm modi he is also popular in other countries everyone supports him and appreciates his leadership we will fight the upcoming lok sabha and assembly elections with them bjp and that is why we have taken this decision pawar addedparty sources said ajit pawar has the backing of more than 40 mlas in vidhan sabha and more than 6 mlcs in vidhan parishadseveral people will criticise now a bit we dont give value to that and we will keep working for the progress of maharashtra and that is why we have taken this decision most of our mlas are satisfied with this we have supported this govt with ncp we will contest all elections in the name of ncp only he said adding if we can go with bjp in nagaland then why cant we go with bjp here also we will do everything for the betterment of maharashtrano split in ncp bhujabalafter being sworn in as a minister in the shinde government ncp leader chhagan bhujabal said we have joined the government as its third party few people are saying that we have split the party but that is not correct we have come here as ncp we have also criticised the modi govt on many occasions but it is true that the country is safe in his handsthey opposition are saying that we are here because we have cases against us and we are under pressure most of us either no longer have cases against us or the investigations are underway the court has not taken any coercive steps against us because there is nothing concrete against us so saying that we joined because we were under pressure is not correct he addedwe are now a tripleengine government shindeafter the induction of 9 ncp mlas as ministers maharashtra cm eknath shinde said the doubleengine government has now become tripleenginenow we have 1 chief minister and 2 deputy chief ministers the doubleengine government has now become triple engine and now it will run like a bullet train for the development of maharashtra i welcome ajit pawar and his leaders ajit pawars experience will help strengthen maharashtra shinde saidfurther talking about seatsharing in the cabinet cm shinde said that there is enough time to discuss about itthere is enough time to discuss about the seat sharing in the cabinet we have come together to develop maharashtra they the opposition got 45 seats in lok sabha elections this time they will not manage to get even those number of seats cm shinde saidsharad pawar undeterred sanjay rautshiv sena ubt leader sanjay raut on sunday said ncp supremo sharad pawar is undeterred by the split in his party and can