India, Nov. 2 -- Two Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MLAs from Solapur district were conspicuously absent during party president Sharad Pawar's drought assessment tour on Sunday, prompting a party spokesperson to demand immediate disciplinary action against them. Meanwhile, Pawar announced Rs.50 lakh in financial assistance for drought-hit Tulshi village in Madha taluka, where farmers had recently put up banners threatening to sell the village because of the water crisis.

Malshiras MLA Uttam Jankar and Karmala MLA Narayan Patil did not accompany Pawar during his visit to drought-affected areas, even as several other party leaders and legislators joined the tour.

NCP (SP) spokesperson Vikas Lawande accused the two legisl...