India, Nov. 3 -- Deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar was on Sunday elected as the president of the Maharashtra Olympic Association (MOA) for the fourth consecutive time. Pawar was elected unopposed after minister of state for civil aviation and BJP MP Murlidhar Mohol withdrew from the fray.

Mohol backed out following a settlement with Pawar, which will see him replace the deputy chief minister as MOA president during the latter half of the four-year term, sources told Hindustan Times. Members from the panel backed by Mohol will also be accommodated within the MOA as part of the settlement, they said.

"Pawar and Mohol came to an understanding about the MOA president's post only after the interventi...