Tag: Sharad Pawar

Congress state General Secretary Sachin Sawant said its time for people to reflect "where the efforts of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Sangh Parivar to make the society violent and pervert, have pushed the country".

Bhubaneswar: As part of their strategy to garner support over women’s reservation bill, a BJD delegation today met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar in Pune. The team including School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra and BJD leader Arup Patnaik met Pawar at the latter’s residence. According to sources, discussions were held […]

New Delhi: With the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ of Opposition parties taking shape ahead of Lok Sabha polls, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, and TDP leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said some more parties will be asked to join it. Naidu, who was on one-day visit to the national capital, met Pawar, Congress […]

Mumbai: Blaming the Maharashtra administration for lapses leading to Monday’s riots in Pune which left one dead, NCP President Sharad Pawar on Tuesday appealed for peace. The violence erupted in the village of Koregaon-Bhima on January 1 during the 200th anniversary celebrations of the Anglo-Maratha War between the army of Peshwa Bajirao II with a […]

Itanagar: In a huge blow to Sharad Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday dissolved the party and merged it with the National People’s Party (NPP) in the state. The dissolution of the NCP in this BJP-ruled the state came after NCP leaders alleged that NCP President Sharad Pawar showed “no […]

Mumbai: Former union minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar today rejected suggestions that the Shiv Sena had poached MNS corporators and maintained that it is the BJP which engages in politics of engineering defections. Yesterday, six of the seven corporators of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) joined the Shiv Sena, giving the Uddhav Thackeray-led […]

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday sustained a leg injury from a fall at his Delhi residence and he is scheduled to undergo a surgery at a private hospital here

The Election Commission on Tuesday expressed its "displeasure" over Union Minister Sharad Pawar's ink remark and asked him to be careful in future and ensure that he did not violate the Model Code of Conduct

Pune: While Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Monday decided to opt out of the Lok Sabha polls, the party may nominate his grand-nephew Parth Pawar from Maval constituency. A B.Com graduate, Parth, 28, is the son of former state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Anantrao Pawar, a nephew of Pawar and a cousin […]

New Delhi: Efforts for Opposition unity have again intensified ahead of the Lok Sabha election results on Thursday as NCP chief Sharad Pawar is in touch with several parties, including the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), and the YSR Congress. “He is getting calls from leaders of all parties,” a Nationalist Congress […]

Mumbai: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday asked the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena to form government in Maharashtra at the earliest, and asserted that his party and its ally Congress will work as a “responsible opposition”. Addressing a press conference here after meeting senior Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, Pawar […]

Mumbai: As the Shiv Sena snapped ties with the BJP-led NDA, party chief Uddhav Thackeray accompanied by his son Aditya called on Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar here, ostensibly seeking the latter’s support to form the government in Maharashtra, here on Monday. According to sources on both sides, the trio met privately in a […]

Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar on Saturday said that the move by the NCP Group Leader in Maharashtra Legislature to form a government with the Bharatiya Janata Party was “his personal decision and not of the NCP”. “We place on record that we do not support or endorse this decision of his,” Sharad Pawar […]

Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson Nawab Malik on Saturday claimed that during the oath-taking ceremony of Ajit Pawar at the Raj Bhawan here 10 rebel MLAs were present, out of which four have returned to the party fold. Speaking to reporters Malik said, “Meeting of the NCP MLAs has been called at 4 p.m. […]

Mumbai: A day after his stunning volte-face, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said he was still with the NCP, adding Sharad Pawar continued to be his leader. In a series of tweets after thanking BJP leaders for their congratulatory messages, Ajit Pawar also said the “BJP- NCP alliance” will provide a stable […]