Sharad Pawar’s party to join NDA but tussle continues for Maha Finance Ministry
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP is all set to join the BJP-led Maharashtra cabinet and the NDA Union cabinet in a few days, sources said here on Friday.
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP is all set to join the BJP-led Maharashtra cabinet and the NDA Union cabinet in a few days, sources said here on Friday.
Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale said that Sharad Pawar and his NCP would be welcome in the NDA, if he joins the BJP-led ruling alliance.
The NCP-SP leader dismissed reports regarding her party's stance on the delimitation bill as "incorrect and based solely on speculation."
The NCP (SP) and the Congress are part of the Opposition alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra as well as the INDIA bloc at the national level.
A meeting inside the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan has sparked fresh tensions within the opposition alliance. Sanjay Raut has openly questioned Sharad Pawar's political decision.
NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar along with a group of farmers met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. He, however, emphasized that they did not have a political discussion.
NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar met his uncle and mentor Sharad Pawar on his 84th birthday in Delhi on Thursday.
NCP leader Sharad Pawar has said that he plans to visit the EVM-sceptic village of Markadwadi on Sunday to interact with the villagers who conducted a mock repoll recently using ballot papers.
Top INDIA bloc leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, and others, plan to meet EVM skeptic villagers of Markadwadi village in Malshiras taluka of Maharashtra, who were prevented by the police from holding mock repoll using ballot papers and ballot box, sources said here on Friday.
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP's candidate Prashant Jagtap, who was defeated from Pune's Hadapsar assembly constituency by Chetan Vitthal Tupe of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP in the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections
