Ajit Pawar, Aaditya Thackeray visit Sharad Pawar's residence

Shiv Sena leader and newly-elected MLA Aaditya Thackeray visited the residence of NCP chief Sharad Pawar on late Tuesday night.

Aaditya was accompanied by Sena leaders Anil Desai and Milind Narvekar.

NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who stepped down as deputy chief minister of Maharashtra after having broken ranks with NCP and joined hands with the BJP, has been at Pawar's residence 'Silver Oak' since evening.

Ajit Pawar reached out to Sharad Pawar following persuasion by NCP leaders who demanded that the former returned to the party fold.

Earlier in the day, Ajit Pawar, who had lent support to the BJP-led government on Saturday, resigned as deputy chief minister of Maharashtra.

The development led to collapse of the government headed by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also stepped down in afternoon.

On Saturday, Ajit Pawar was sacked as the NCP legislature party leader.