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In a sudden development, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar quit the state cabinet here on Tuesday.

In a terse statement, Pawar said: "I am resigning from my ministerial posts."

Top state leaders from the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) were not immediately available for comments.

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