On expected lines, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday unanimously rejected the resignation of party s national President Sharad Pawar and requested him in one voice to continue in his post.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Tuesday announced he has decided to step down as chief of the party he founded and helmed since 1999. Pawar’s bombshell announcement stunned leaders and workers of his party, many of whom entreated him to withdraw his decision with tears in their eyes. Hours later, his nephew Ajit Pawar said the veteran politician had agreed to rethink his resignation. Meanwhile, a committee formed to decide on the post of NCP president is meeting at the YB Chavan Centre in Mumbai, with top party leaders in attendance. Stay with Indiatoday.in for LIVE updates on Sharad Pawar’s resignation.
Shared Pawar resigns: Emotional scenes were witnessed at the event where veteran politician Sharad Pawar made the surprise announcement of his decision to quit as Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president.