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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 .
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]
Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: [ʃəɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ], born 12 December 1940) [1] is an Indian politician. [2] He served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and in the Union Council of Ministers as the Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of P.V. Narasimha Rao as well as the Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Manmohan Singh.
The faction led by Sharad Pawar was subsequently recognized as Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar). [3] On 5 March 2024, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar declared the Ajit Pawar faction as the "real" NCP, citing its legislative majority. [4]
This caused a direct split between Ajit Pawar and the founder-president of the party Sharad Pawar. [3] On 7 February 2024, the Election Commission of India awarded the party name and symbol to the group headed by Ajit Pawar. The group led by Sharad Pawar will be known as Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar).
Supriya Sule (née Pawar; born 30 June 1969) is an Indian politician from the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) and currently a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing Baramati since 2009, leader of Nationalist Congress Party (SP) in Lok Sabha since 2014 and the Working National President of Nationalist Congress Party since 2023.
[27] [28] [29] He served as the Maharashtra state President of Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, the youth wing of the party. [1] In October 2024, he quit Samajwadi Party and joined the Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar and was fielded as the party's candidate for 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election from Anushakti Nagar ...
The constituency was most recently won by Bapusaheb Pathare of the Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election defeating Sunil Tingre of the Nationalist Congress Party by about 4710 votes. [2]