However, in 2009 Adik was expected to be inducted into the state cabinet by the Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, a change was made during the final hour which brought in another Congressman Shri Radhekrishna Vikhe Patil the son of former Union Minister Shri Balasaheb Vikhe Patil into the Cabinet.
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Expressing discontent about senior party members being isolated by the INC, in a letter to the United Progressive Alliance Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, Govindrao Adik resigned from the Congress Party membership on the February 29 to join the NCP.
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Recently Adik welcomed the appointment of Ashok Chavan as Chief Minister of Maharashtra and expressed hope that he would retain his clean image and put the party back on track.