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The Nationalist Congress Party on Wednesday night flew its legislators to an "undisclosed destination" in a chartered flight.
The NCP, a key partner in the crisis-ridden Democratic Front coalition government in Maharashtra, has seen five of its MLAs this week withdraw support to the government.
"Most of the MLAs have already left in a chartered flight," party spokesman Prafulla Patel said. He, however, refused to disclose how many MLAs were on the flight.
After the week's desertions, the party is now left with only 56 MLAs.
Patel said all the MLAs who attended a meeting presided over by party chief Sharad Pawar at Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal's official bungalow on Wednesday were aboard the flight.
PTI
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