NCP leader Jayant Patil went to the Raj Bhawan on Sunday with a letter to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to inform him about the replacement of Ajit Pawar as the legislature party leader.

The governor is not in Mumbai, a Raj Bhawan official told

Ajit Pawar was removed as the NCP's legislature unit leaderon Saturday, hours after he joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)in a coup and took oath as the deputy of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday returned as chief minister propped up by Ajit Pawar, who was made his deputy, just hours after the new alliance of Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress reached a consensus that Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will be their chief ministerial candidate. Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were sworn in by Bhagat Singh Koshyari at a hush-hush ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai, leading to the lifting of the President's Rule in the state.

On Saturday evening, the NCP removed Ajit Pawar as the party's legislature unit head, saying his move was not in line with the party's policies.Maharashtra NCP chief Jayant Patil will have all the constitutional rights till the next legislature party leader is elected, the party said.

The resolution passed at the NCP meeting also said that Ajit Pawar's right to issue a whip was also revoked. Ajit Pawar, NCP chief Sharad Pawar's nephew, was elected as the legislature party leader on October 30 following the results of the Maharashtra Assembly elections.