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{{Short description|Indian political incident}}
{{This|2023 political crisis in Maharashtra involving NCP|2022 political crisis of Shiv Sena|2022 Maharashtra political crisis}}

{{Infobox event
| title = 2023 Nationalist Congress Party split
| image = {{Photomontage
| photo2a = The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar addressing at the launch of the Sahana Group’s New Marathi Channel “Jai Maharashtra”, in Mumbai on April 27, 2013 (cropped).jpg
| photo2b = Ajit Pawar.jpg
| position =
| photo3b = The Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Praful Patel addressing at the launch of India’s first Sea Plane (amphibian plane) of Pawan Hans Helicopters, in Mumbai on December 27, 2010.jpg
| size = 200
| color = #F5F5F5
| border = 1
| color_border = black
| spacing = 3
| foot_montage =
| text = {{centre|[[Sharad Pawar]], [[Ajit Pawar]],<br>[[Praful Patel]]}}}}
| partof = [[Politics of Maharashtra]]
| date = {{start date|df=y|2023|7|2|}} - present
| location = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
| outcome =
* [[Ajit Pawar]] takes oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
* [[Nationalist Congress Party]] breaks into two camps
* 9 NCP MLAs with former UPA Minister [[Praful Patel]] take oath as Cabinet Minister in [[Eknath Shinde]]-led [[Government of Maharashtra]]
}}

==Background==
Before Ajit Pawar took the oath as Deputy Chief Minister, on 5 June 2023, Chief Minister [[Eknath Shinde]] and Deputy Chief Minister [[Devendra Fadnavis]] met with Union Home Minister [[Amit Shah]] in [[Delhi]] and said that cabinet would be expanded further.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/shinde-fadnavis-meet-amit-shah-8645705/|work=Indian Express|title=CM Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis meet Amit Shah; Konkan water issue, Marathwada grid project discussed|date=5 June 2023|access-date=3 July 2023}}</ref> [[Praful Patel]] even went to Patna for the opposition meeting with [[Supriya Sule]] instead of Ajit Pawar's uncle and National President of the Nationalist Congress Party, [[Sharad Pawar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/video/news/patna-opposition-meeting-meeting-of-opposition-parties-begins-meeting-is-being-held-at-nitish-kumars-house-2625861.html|work=Zee News|title=Opposition meeting is being held in Nitish Kumar's House in Patna|date=30 June 2023|access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref>

On 2 July 2023, suddenly Ajit Pawar went to Raj Bhawan in [[Mumbai]] and took oath as Deputy Chief Minister, along with NCP leaders like [[Praful Patel]], [[Chhagan Bhujbal]], [[Dilip Walse-Patil|Dilip Walse Patil]], [[Dhananjay Munde]], [[Hasan Mushrif]], [[Aatram Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao]], [[Aditi Sunil Tatkare]], [[Sanjay Bansode]].

{| class="wikitable sortable " style="text-align:center;"
|+ Number of members in NCP with Leaders
! Leaders
! style="width:100px;"|[[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
! style="width:100px;"|Lok Sabha [[Member of Parliament (India)|MP]]
! style="width:100px;"|[[Maharashtra Legislative Council|MLC]]
|-
|[[Sharad Pawar]]|||16||4||3
|-
|[[Ajit Pawar]]|||37||1||9
|-
!'''Total number of members of NCP before split'''||53||5||11
|}
===MLA's of NCP with respective leaders===

{|class="wikitable"
!Sr No.
!Ajit Pawar
!Sr No.
!Sharad Pawar
|-
!1
|[[Aditi Sunil Tatkare|Aditi Tatkare]]
!1
|[[Ashok Pawar]]
|-
!2
|[[Aatram Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao]]
!2
|[[Anil Deshmukh]]
|-
!3
|[[Ajit Pawar]]
!3
|[[Shamrao Pandurang Patil|Balasaheb Patil]]
|-
!4
|[[Anil Bhaidas Patil|Anil Patil]]
!4
|[[Chetan Tupe]]
|-
!5
|[[Anna Bansode]]
!5
|[[Chandrakant Nawghare]]
|-
!6
|[[Ashutosh Ashokrao Kale]]
!6
|[[Jayant Patil]]
|-
!7
|[[Atul Benke]]
!7
|[[Jitendra Awhad]]
|-
!8
|[[Babasaheb Patil]]
!8
|[[Mansing Fattesingrao Naik|Mansingh Naik]]
|-
!9
|[[Babanrao Shinde]]
!9
|[[Nawab Malik]]
|-
!10
|[[Balasaheb Ajabe]]
!10
|[[Prajakt Tanpure]]
|-
!11
|[[Chhagan Bhujbal]]
!11
|[[Rajesh Tope]]
|-
!12
|[[Dattatray Vithoba Bharne|Dattatraya Bharane]]
!12
|[[Rohit Rajendra Pawar|Rohit Pawar]]
|-
!13
|[[Daulat Daroda]]
!13
|[[Sandeep Kshirsagar]]
|-
!14
|[[Dhananjay Munde]]
!14
|[[Suman Patil]]
|-
!15
|[[Dilip Bankar]]
!15
|[[Sunil Bhusara]]
|-
!16
|[[Dilip Mohite]]
|-
!17
|[[Dilip Walse-Patil]]
|-
!18
|[[Dipak Pralhad Chavan|Dipak Chavan]]
|-
!19
|[[Hasan Mushrif]]
|-
!20
|[[Indranil Naik]]
|-
!21
|[[Kiran Lahamate]]
|-
!22
|[[Makrand Jadhav - Patil|Makrand Patil]]
|-
!23
|[[Manikrao Kokate]]
|-
!24
|[[Manohar Chandrikapure]]
|-
!25
|[[Narhari Sitaram Zirwal]]
|-
!26
|[[Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke|Nilesh Lanke]]
|-
!27
|[[Nitin Pawar]]
|-
!28
|[[Prakashdada Solanke]]
|-
!29
|[[Rajendra Shingne]]
|-
!30
|[[Rajesh Narasingrao Patil|Rajesh Patil]]
|-
!31
|[[Raju Manikrao Karemore|Raju Karemore]]
|-
!32
|[[Sanjay Bansode]]
|-
!33
|[[Saroj Ahire]]
|-
!34
|[[Sangram Jagtap]]
|-
!35
|[[Shekhar Govindrao Nikam|Shekhar Nikam]]
|-
!36
|[[Sunil Tingre]]
|-
!37
|[[Sunil Shelke]]
|-
!38
|[[Yashwant Mane]]
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[2019 Maharashtra political crisis]]
* [[2022 Maharashtra political crisis]]

==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maharashtra political crisis, 2023}}
[[Category:2023 in Indian politics]]
[[Category:2020s in Maharashtra|Political crisis]]
[[Category:July 2023 events in India]]
[[Category:Nationalist Congress Party]]

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