Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has credited late Congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh with having proper understanding and maturity to lead a coalition government in Maharashtra, and said he had doubts on the capability of Prithviraj Chavan under whose leadership the Congress-NCP alliance lost power to the BJP in 2014 after ruling for 15 years.
He said since the NCP had little interest, it decided not to go with the BJP. It was necessary to state this very clearly to the BJP. Accordingly, he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the winter session of Parliament in November 2019
The Bhartiya Janata Party was keen on a post-poll alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in 2019, but its party president Sharad Pawar made it clear to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that there can be no truck with the saffron party.
The Bhartiya Janata Party was keen on a post-poll alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in 2019, but its party president Sharad Pawar made it clear to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that there can be no truck with the saffron party. In his revised autobiography Lok Majhe Sangati, which focuses on events post-2015, released on Wednesday, Pawar also admitted that
Pawar on Tuesday dropped a bombshell by saying he is stepping down as chief of the NCP which he founded and helmed since 1999, but not retiring from public life. His nephew Ajit Pawar later announced his uncle will need two to three days to "think over" his decision