The exit of Ajit Pawar from the Maharashtra government today appeared certain with NCP supreme Sharad Pawar saying the issue of the Deputy Chief Minister's resignation is over for the party.At the same time, the NCP chief said the offer of resignation of 19 other Ministers of the party in the state has not been accepted. Maintaining that the decision to resign as Deputy Chief Minister was taken by Ajit himself , Sharad Pawar told PTI that after the party leadership gave Ajit permission to step down after due consideration, he handed over the resignation letter to Chief Minister.Pawar saw no threat to the stability of the Maharashtra coalition in which his party has been a major partner for the past 13 years.Sharad Pawar said, Ajit had wanted to put in his papers so that there should not be any doubt about he pressurising anybody on the white paper on irrigation projects.Ajit Pawar resigned two days back in the wake of his alleged involvement in irrigation scam of 20,000 crores rupees during his ten year tenure as Water Resources Minister between 1999 to 2009. Nineteen other party Ministers also offered to quit in solidarity.The NCP chief said that he would be reaching Mumbai tomorrow and persuade the party MLAs who have been pressing Ajit to take back his decision.