Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar. File. | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on February 19 a plea of Sharad Pawar challenging an Election Commission order recognising the Ajit Pawar-led faction as the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and KV Viswanathan … Read more
Union Minister for Road Transport and Shipping Nitin Gadkari with NCP chief Sharad Pawar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday lavished fulsome praise on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, remarking that Maharashtra’s leadership was embodied in Mr. Pawar’s person. The two leaders from opposing … Read more
NCP chief Sharad Pawar. File | Photo Credit: PTI NCP chief Sharad Pawar on December 19 asked Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar to probe the recent security lapse in Parliament and also sought his intervention into the suspension of MPs. “I would request you to kindly address this matter in the interest of upholding the … Read more
NCP chief Sharad Pawar and senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi come out of the Election Commission office in New Delhi on Oct 6, 2023, after the commission heard the plea of both factions over claims on the party’s name and symbol. | Photo Credit: PTI The Election Commission of India on Friday began its hearing … Read more
NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Adani Group Chairperson Gautam Adani inaugurate the Lactoferrin Plant Exympower, in Vasna, Gujarat, on Saturday | Photo Credit: PTI Amid criticism from opposition parties against the Adani Group, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar met billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani on Saturday and visited the businessman’s office and residence in … Read more
If the 18th century statesman of the Maratha Empire, Nana Phadnavis, was called the ‘Maratha Machiavelli’ by European visitors to the Peshwa court, that moniker today would undoubtedly belong to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo, Sharad Pawar. Arguably one of Maharashtra’s tallest leaders in the last quarter of the 20th century, the 82-year-old, whose … Read more
Former NCP chief Sharad Pawar speaking during his autobiography launch. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini NCP leader Sharad Pawar on May 2 declared that he will step down as Nationalist Congress Party president during his autobiography book launch. “After a long period of public life from May 1, 1960, to May 1, 2023, it is necessary … Read more
Shatrughan Sinha’s son, Sharad Yadav’s daughter figure in Congress’s second list of candidates for Bihar elections. The Congress had released its first list of 21 candidates for the Bihar polls starting October 28.(File photo) Fielding Shatrughan Sinha’s son Luv Sinha from Bankipur and Sharad Yadav’s daughter Subhashini Yadav from Bihariganj seats, the Congress on Thursday … Read more