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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
Founded by Sharad Pawar after splitting from the Indian National Congress in 1999, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in alliance with the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress party.Among the founding members of NCP besides Pawar were P A Sangma and Tariq Anwar. The party was formed as a repercussion of the expulsion of Pawar and Sangma from Congress after they opposed the appointment of Sonia Gandhi as the leader of the Congress over the issue of her foreign origins.
However, when the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) came to power in 2004, NCP supported the Congress and Pawar was given charge of the Union agriculture ministry. NCP, which is mostly influential in Maharashtra, will have a key role to play in the state to take on the stiff challenge posed by the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance.
The party at present has seven seats in the Lok Sabha and four in the Rajya Sabha. Since Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar will not be contesting in the 2019 general elections, it will be interesting to see how NCP performs.
Among the key leaders of NCP are Sharad Pawar, his daughter Supriya Sule and nephew Ajit Pawar.
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Plan to hobble Shiv Sena; not just regime change in Maharashtra: BJP leader
BJP was extremely upset with Uddhav Thackeray's "betrayal" after the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections when he joined hands ...| June 25, 2022, Saturday -
Tejashwi Yadav blames BJP's 'dictatorial ambition' for Maharashtra crisis
Yadav said this when asked to comment on the happenings in the western state, where revolt in Shiv Sena threatens to pull down ...| June 24, 2022, Friday -
No BJP role in current political crisis in Maharashtra, claims party leader
Patil's remarks come a day after NCP chief Sharad Pawar asserted that the BJP has played a role in the crisis that has befallen ...| June 24, 2022, Friday -
Cong, NCP trying to eliminate Shiv Sena in Maharashtra: Rebel MLA Shirsat
Amid the ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra, rebel Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat on Thursday claimed that both Congress and ...| June 24, 2022, Friday -
Actor Ketaki Chitale gets bail over her online post about Sharad Pawar
District judge H M Patwardhan granted bail to her on a surety of Rs 20,000.| June 22, 2022, Wednesday -
Maharashtra political crisis: Rebel Sena MLAs likely to seek floor test
Forty Maharashtra MLAs including 33 Shiv Sena and seven independent MLAs exhorted their support to rebel Shiv Sena leader and ...| June 22, 2022, Wednesday -
Maharashtra political crisis: CM Thackeray calls cabinet meeting today
Amid a political turmoil in Maharashtra that has put up a question mark on the survival of the ruling MVA coalition government, ...| June 22, 2022, Wednesday -
Maharashtra crisis: Sena MLA Sarnaik says party should renew ties with BJP
Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik said the party should renew ties with the BJP, as the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government ...| June 22, 2022, Wednesday -
Upset with NCP, Congress style of functioning, says rebel Shiv Sena MLA
A Maharashtra Shiv Sena minister said they do not have any complaints against the Sena leadership, but they have been upset with ...| June 22, 2022, Wednesday -
Ruling MVA's Shiv Sena and Congress see vote erosion in MLC polls: BJP
After giving second jolt to ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra this month, the BJP said that except NCP, both Shiv ...| June 21, 2022, Tuesday