NEW DELHI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will hold a meeting of its legislature party on January 31 to name Sunetra Pawar, wife of late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, as its leader, senior party leader and Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal said on Friday.Speaking to reporters at the NCP office, Bhujbal said chief minister Devendra…
Jay, Ajit Pawar’s son, with his wife Rutuja and mother Sunetra PUNE: Senior NCP functionaries moved swiftly to fill a political vacuum left by Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s death in a plane crash, urging his wife and Rajya Sabha MP Sunetra Pawar to return to state politics and take charge of the party –…
NEW DELHI: The sudden death of Ajit Pawar has left his party, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), with many challenges. After losing its most skilful political manager, the party is now in a Catch-22 situation over a possible merger with the rival faction, while also keeping the alliance with the BJP intact.As “Ajit Dada” was…