Ajit Pawar
Indian politician
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| December 5 2024 | Ajit Pawar began serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra alongside Eknath Shinde. |
| February 7 2024 | The Election Commission of India awarded the party name and symbol to the faction headed by Ajit Pawar. |
| 2023 | Ajit Pawar continued his tenure as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly until this year. |
| 2022 | Following a split in the Shiv Sena, the Maha Vikas Aghadi government collapsed. Ajit Pawar became the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly after a new government was formed by the rebel Shiv Sena faction and the BJP. |
| 2022 | Ajit Pawar served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. |
| December 1 2019 | Ajit Pawar was announced to take over as Deputy Chief Minister for the Maha Vikas Aghadi government following the commencement of the winter session of the Maharashtra state legislature on 16 December. |
| November 23 2019 | Ajit Pawar defected from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and joined a government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, becoming the Deputy Chief Minister. He submitted a paper with the signatures of NCP's MLAs to the Governor to demonstrate the government's majority. |
| 2014 | He was elected for a consecutive term in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, marking his fifth consecutive win. |
| April 7 2013 | Ajit Pawar faced public backlash following a controversial statement made during a speech in Indapur regarding the water scarcity in Maharashtra, where he questioned whether he should urinate into a dam. Following significant public outcry, he publicly apologized, stating that the remark was the biggest mistake of his life. |
| September 2012 | Accusations of misappropriation amounting to Rs. 70,000 crores were made against Ajit Pawar by Maharashtra bureaucrat Vijay Pandhare, leading to demands from anti-corruption activist Anjali Damania for his resignation. Ultimately, these allegations were not proven, and he was reinstated as Deputy CM. |
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