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Sharad Pawar resigns from the post of NCP President, will he reconsider his decision? 10 points

May 2, 2023
Saqafy Times

Sharad Pawar has resigned from the post of NCP president.
Image source: India TV Sharad Pawar has resigned from the post of NCP president.

Sharad Pawar resigns from the post of NCP chief: In a dramatic move that will impact national and Maharashtra politics ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Tuesday announced his resignation as his party’s president. Pawar’s announcement at an event in Mumbai stunned his party leaders and workers, and many were seen crying and pleading with the 82-year-old party patriarch to reconsider his decision. Later in the day, Sharad Pawar’s nephew Ajit Pawar said it would take two to three days for the NCP veteran to reconsider his decision.

Announcing his resignation, Sharad Pawar said that he has decided to quit as the President of the NCP after 24 years and said that he will not contest any more elections. Pawar said, “After a long political career from May 1, 1960 to May 1, 2023, it is necessary to take a step back. Therefore, I have decided to step down as the President of the Nationalist Congress Party.” Release of the second edition of his autobiography ‘Lok Bhool Bhulaiya Sangati’.

Here are the top 10 developments in this case:

  1. Announcing his decision, Sharad Pawar said that he intended to do more in the fields of education, agriculture, cooperation and sports and culture and also focus on issues related to youth, students, workers, Dalits, tribals and other vulnerable sections. have to give. Society.

  2. A committee meeting of party leaders took place at Sharad Pawar’s residence, following which his nephew Ajit Pawar announced that his uncle would need two to three days to “think” over his decision.

  3. The announcement by NCP president less than a fortnight after his daughter and Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule indicated that there would be two political “explosions” in 15 days, one in Delhi and the other in Maharashtra.

  4. While NCP president Jayant Patil and party leader Jitendra Awhad broke down over Pawar’s decision, party MP Praful Patel pleaded with him to withdraw his decision.

  5. At some places in Maharashtra, office-bearers of the district unit said they were quitting their posts, demanding a reconsideration of their decision. However, Ajit Pawar requested the NCP office-bearers not to resign from their posts.

  6. An angry NCP worker in Pune wrote a letter to Sharad Pawar in his own blood, urging him to withdraw his decision.

  7. Ajit Pawar asked party workers and leaders not to get emotional over the decision and said, “Pawar Sahib himself had said a few days ago about the need for a change of government.

  8. Ajit Pawar said the members of the committee suggested by Sharad Pawar to elect the next party president “are not from outside, but from within the NCP family”.

  9. According to sources, Sharad Pawar’s daughter and NCP leader Supriya Sule is being seen as the frontrunner in the race for the top post of the party. However, he is expected to face a tough fight from brother Ajit Pawar as well as senior party leader Praful Patel.

  10. The decision by one of the country’s tallest opposition leaders, who may bring his parties together against the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, also comes amid intense speculation over Ajit Pawar’s next political move.

(with inputs from agencies)

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