Ajit Pawar blames Chief Minister prithvrj for the split, says NCPspeaks never neglected by earlier Congress CMs.@timesofindia @TOIMumbai — Kevin (@kev050) September 25, 2014

Congress declared seats without consulting alliance partners, betrayed our trust:Sunil Tatkare @timesofindia @TOIMumbai — Kevin (@kev050) September 25, 2014

NCP legislature party leader Ajit Pawar to meet Maharashtra Governor tomorrow to hand over letter of withdrawal of support to government. — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 25, 2014

NEW DELHI: Barely an hour after the Shiv Sena and the BJP announced their split, the NCP on Thursday said it was breaking away from the Congress to fight the Maharashtra assembly polls alone."Congress declared seats without consulting alliance partners and betrayed our trust," NCP state president Sunil Tatkare said."When Sharad Pawar met Sonia Gandhi, he told her he wants to stay in the alliance," the NCP leader added.Senior NCP leader Praful Patel said, "NCP has always supported the Congress; even when we had more MLAs we gave up the chief minister's post".NCP leader and Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar blamed Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan for the split, saying NCP was never neglected by earlier Congress CMs. Ajit Pawar and other NCP ministers will resign from the cabinet.Sharad Pawar holds a meeting with other NCP leaders (TOI Photo by Deepak Turbhekar)