Pawar hosts tea party for non-Congress, non-BJP leaders

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday hosted a tea party for non-Congress and non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders at his residence here.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah, NCP leader Tariq Anwar and TMC leader Derek O'Brien were among those who attended the party.