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The NCP or Nationalist Congress Party was founded in 1999 by Sharad Pawar after he quit the Indian National Congress (INC) along with Purno Sangma and Tariq Anwar. While the NCP started as a national party with values of ‘Gandhian secularism’ and ‘progressive and modern progress’, its biggest electoral success has been in Maharashtra, Pawar’s home state. In 2023, the Election Commission withdrew the party’s status as a ‘national party’ as the NCP could no longer meet the criteria of such a designation.

As of 2024, the party is split into two factions — one led by founder Sharad Pawar and another by his nephew Ajit Pawar. The faction led by Ajit is in power in Maharashtra along with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde). This faction today is knonw as the Nationalist Congress Party, having been granted the original party name and symbol by the Supreme Court. The other faction is called the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar). Other important leaders include Jayant Patil, Supriya Sule, and Rajesh Tope.

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While interview is yet to be released, Raut, the Saamana editor, has said it will cause a stir in national politics as Pawar has spoken on everything from China to Maharashtra.

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While Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar garlanded V.D. Savarkar’s portrait at Mantralaya Thursday, ally Congress is protesting in Karnataka over 'Savarkar flyover'.

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Sharad Pawar, whose party NCP is in power in Maharashtra, has suggested among other steps extension of RBI's loan deferment policy to state debts.

Sharad Pawar now eyes Mumbai — NCP to launch mega mission today to win 2022 civic polls

Haima Deshpande -
Sharad Pawar's NCP has only 9 seats in cash-rich BMC. It will try to reach an understanding with MVA allies Sena & Congress, but could also go it alone on all 227 seats.

NCP-led Maharashtra home dept to set up SIT probe parallel to NIA’s in Elgar Parishad case

Haima Deshpande -
At a meeting called by Sharad Pawar, NCP ministers decide that the SIT probe will run alongside the NIA investigation ordered by CM Uddhav Thackeray.

NCP targets Centre over Padma Shri for Adnan Sami, calls it an insult to 130 crore Indians

PTI -
In a dig at the singer's Pakistani origin, NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said any Pakistani could now avail Indian citizenship by chanting 'Jai Modi'.

Withdrawal of security cover at Sharad Pawar’s Delhi home vendetta politics, says NCP

PTI -
NCP says party leaders cannot be 'scared off' by such moves, adding that it will 'continue to fight PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah'.
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