However, with Patil falling out of favour with his party chief, the knives are inevitably out and NCP leaders have started speaking out against his “indecisive” style of functioning and his habit of shooting his mouth before the media. A senior NCP MLA, who is also a former minister, claimed that party chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar had warned Patil against speaking to the media after the terror attacks at a meeting held at the Yashwantrao Chavan Pratisthan and said Patil’s decision to air his views publicly even after the reprimand may have been one reason why he lost his job.
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