New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met Nationalist Congress Party national president Sharad Pawar here on Thursday, amid the ongoing crisis in the NCP following Ajit Pawar's support to the Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra.

Rahul, who had earlier extended his support to the former Maharashtra CM following a split in the NCP following Ajit's move, met him at his residence here.

Ajit and several others were sworn-in as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Ministers respectively following their support to the government-led by CM Eknath Shinde on Sunday.

The Congress had slammed the Shinde-led government and said, "Clearly BJP's 'washing machine' has resumed its operations.

A number of new entrants into the BJP-led alliance in Maharashtra today had been facing serious corruption charges with ED, CBI and IT authorities after them. Now they have all got a clean chit".