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In 2004, the party joined the UPA to form the national government led by Manmohan Singh. The NCP's leader, Sharad Pawar served as the Minister of Agriculture for both five-year terms of the Singh-led government. The party remained part of the Congress-led Maharashtra state government until 2014. [14]
The Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar or NCP–SP is a political party in India formed under the leadership of Sharadchandra Pawar. [1] It was formed after Election Commission of India recognised the group led by Ajit Pawar as the original Nationalist Congress Party .
The Congress Parliamentary Party (party MPs) unanimously elected P.V. Narasimha Rao as their leader, and he was sworn in as prime minister on 21 June 1991. [33] Rao named Pawar as defence minister . On 26 June 1991, Pawar took over that portfolio, and held it until March 1993.
He is a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar). Deshmukh served as the Minister for Home Affairs in Government of Maharashtra between 2019 and 2021. Deshmukh resigned in 2021 as the Home Minister of Maharashtra due to allegations of money laundering and other charges by Param Bir Singh .
He quit the INC over a presidency dispute of the party in 1999 and formed the Nationalist Congress Party along with Sharad Pawar and P. A. Sangma, before resigning 19 years after, and re-joining the INC in 2018. Anwar has been appointed both general secretary in charge of poll-bound Kerala and a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).
Opposition Congress party leaders, Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, also voted in New Delhi. Mehbooba Mufti, a former top elected official of Indian-controlled Kashmir, held a protest with ...
Her brother Rahul Gandhi, de facto leader of the Congress party, said he lost "a mentor and guide". Tributes for the former prime minister also came from abroad, with US secretary of state Antony ...
The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (or Maharashtra PCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Maharashtra.It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections in Maharashtra.