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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.

Maharashtra’s poll map has been drawn. It’s littered with rebellions & ‘friendly fights’ in MVA & Mahayuti

Purva Chitnis -
This is the first state election after traditional political alignments underwent a churn and two major regional parties split, bringing more parties and candidates in the fray.

In Pawar bastion Baramati, Yugendra up against his own Goliath. Uncle Ajit has never lost an election

+TFP Manasi Phadke -
Second nephew versus uncle tussle in Pawar family, with Sharad & Ajit Pawar at loggerheads following latter’s rebellion. Yugendra is son of Ajit’s elder brother Shrinivas.

Mumbai police arrest Noida man for issuing death threat to Salman Khan, NCP leader Zeeshan Siddique

PTI -
The accused initially sent a threatening message to MLA Zeeshan Siddique's helpline number and later issued a death threat to Siddique and actor Salman Khan on a voice call.

Baba Siddique son Zeeshan joins Ajit Pawar’s NCP, to contest state polls again from Bandra East

ANI -
Zeeshan was upset with the Congress after it gave away his seat to Uddhav Sena, as per the Maharashtra opposition’s seat-sharing formula for the upcoming elections.

NCP releases 1st list with 38 candidates for Maharashtra polls, Ajit Pawar to contest from Baramati

PTI -
26 sitting MLAs have been renominated for the November elections. Legislators who have defected from Congress also fielded.

NCP cancels all party programmes scheduled for the day over murder of Baba Siddique’s killing

ANI -
The former Maharashtra minister, who had quit Congress to join Ajit Pawar's NCP this year, was shot in Bandra. CM Shinde said that 2 assailants have been arrested, with one still at large.

Who was Baba Siddique, ex-MLA who left Congress after 48 yrs to join NCP, hosted elite Iftar parties

Purva Chitnis -
The former Maharashtra minister was shot dead in Mumbai’s Bandra Saturday. 2 of the assailants have been arrested. He was a three-time MLA from the Bandra West constituency.

Former MLA Baba Siddique shot dead in Mumbai’s Bandra; 2 shooters in police custody

Manasi Phadke -
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said Siddique, a leader with the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, was shot at by three men, two of whom have been arrested, while the third is absconding.

Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar admits ‘mistake’, says ‘society doesn’t like those who break families’

PTI -
Pawar made these comments at the Jansamman rally organised by NCP in Gadchiroli, admitting his 'mistake' against the backdrop of poor performance of his party in Lok Sabha polls.

In Ajit Pawar-led NCP’s protests against own govt over Shivaji statue collapse, a Shiv Sena flashback

Manasi Phadke -
While there has been ample friction between all three Mahayuti parties, the statue collapse has especially caused cracks between the NCP and the other two Mahayuti parties to widen.
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