Upset that the state Home ministry and Intelligence department did not alert the MVA leadership about rebel Shiv Sena MLAs leaving Maharashtra for a safe haven in BJP-ruled Gujarat, NCP chief Sharad Pawar is said to have conveyed his “serious displeasure” to state Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil, who is from the NCP, and state party chief Jayant Patil.

Incidentally, one of the rebel MLAs is MoS (Home) Shambhuraj Desai.

Sources said Walse-Patil and Jayant Patil met Pawar at his residence in Mumbai Wednesday. The NCP chief, who was in Delhi, returned to Mumbai late Tuesday and was upset over the “intelligence failure” since the Home department is headed by his party leader.

“Pawar is very upset. He made his displeasure known to his party leaders. He wondered why the state Intelligence department could not alert the government, especially when such a large number of MLAs, including ministers, were on the move,” sources said.

(With inputs from agencies)