Mumbai, July 9 -- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLC Amol Mitkar objected to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for not mentioning former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's contribution to the Mumbai-Pune Expressway's Missing Link project during his statement in the Assembly.

In a post on X on Wednesday, Mitkari thanked CM Fadnavis for giving an "on-record reply" to the opposition over the Missing Link project and for "effectively silencing them."

However, he objected to Fadnavis crediting himself and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde for the project while omitting Ajit Pawar's name, who died in a tragic plane crash in Baramati in January this year.

"Respected Fadnavis ji, first of all, heartfelt thanks to you for giving those on-rec...