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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.

‘Don’t want to hide my caste,’ says Sharad Pawar after ‘fake’ caste certificate goes viral

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Pawar's statement comes days after a purported certificate showing him as belonging to OBC category went viral on social media. NCP MP’s daughter Supriya Sule called it ‘fake.’

In 1st major rural poll post NCP split, Ajit Pawar faction sweeps Baramati, Sharad Pawar sits it out

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As counting for 2,359 gram panchayats was still underway, leaders of the Ajit Pawar faction of NCP claimed to have won 30 of 32 gram panchayats in Baramati — the Pawar stronghold. 

MP, not MP & now MP again — many twists & turns in case against Lakshadweep legislator Faizal

Apoorva Mandhani -
Convicted in 2009 case for attempting to kill the son-in-law of late Congress leader PM Sayeed, PP Mohammed Faizal was disqualified. Matter has flitted between Kerala HC & SC since.

Maharashtra Oppn calls for health minister to resign after Nanded hospital deaths — ‘not first time’

Purva Chitnis -
Twenty-four patients, including 12 infants who were one to two days old, died between 30 September and 1 October at Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital (SCGMCH) in Nanded.

Sharad Pawar’s grandnephew slams Shinde govt for ‘2 am action’ against his firm. ‘Political revenge’

Manasi Phadke -
NCP MLA Rohit Pawar is CEO of Baramati Agro, exporter & domestic supplier of sugar, rice, ethanol. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board allegedly served shutdown notice to one of its units.

Maratha reservation protest isn’t just about quota. It will end dynasties

Deelip Mhaske -
BJP’s Raosaheb Danve, NCP’s Rajesh Tope and Shiv Sena’s Arjun Khotkar—three leaders have long held power in Maharashtra's Jalna. The Maratha community is now taking it back.

‘Red carpet not just for foreign investors’, Maharashtra nod to policy to help sick sugar cooperatives

Manasi Phadke -
Financially weak sugar cooperatives may take loans from Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank on state guarantee. 8% Interest rate lower than that of National Cooperative Development Corporation.

28 parties to attend INDIA bloc’s Mumbai meeting, Uddhav says Oppn has many choices for PM face

Purva Chitnis -
Opposition alliance may hammer out a common minimum programme at 2-day meet, says NCP chief Sharad Pawar at press briefing. Regional equations also on agenda.

Slamming Modi’s I-Day speech, Sharad Pawar rebuts speculation over moves, says committed to INDIA

Purva Chitnis -
Sharad Pawar also refers to 'will come back' element in PM's I-Day speech, says he has 'no doubts' about Modi's condition after 2024 polls being like that of Devendra Fadnavis.

Family, political style, strategy — why Sharad Pawar isn’t attacking rebels, unlike ally Thackeray

Manasi Phadke -
After Eknath Shinde split Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray attacked the rebels tooth and nail. That hasn’t been the case with Sharad Pawar since nephew Ajit Pawar split NCP last month.
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