Sharad Govindrao Pawar, is an Indian politician from Maharashtra with over 50 years of public service.He holds a position of prominence in politics of India as well as the regional politics of Maharashtra.During his long career, Pawar has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on three occasions and held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minister of Agriculture in the Government of India.He is president of the Nationalist Congress Party, which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. Read More
Amid action-packed political drama with a faction of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs joining hands with the BJP under the leadership of Ajit Pawar, two NCP MLAs -- Atul Benke and Diliprao Bankar -- have extended support to party chief Sharad Pa ...
The Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday came down heavily on the opposition for attacking BJP and Ajit Pawar-led group of MLAs for forming government in Maharashtra. The Union minister said that it was a "conspiracy" by opposition to c ...
The anti-defection law will emerge as a crucial force in the unfolding political drama in Maharashtra, after the BJP in a successful coup formed the government in the state on Saturday. ...
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that Governor invited the Bharatiya Janata Party and Ajit Pawar led NCP to stake claim to form the government in Maharashtra as the Congress, Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar did nothing to show that they ...
The rebellion spearheaded in the NCP by its leader Ajit Pawar to help the BJP form its government in Maharashtra can bear comparison with then Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's moves against his uncle Shivpal Yadav to control the Samajwad ...
As Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad addressed the media on Saturday after BJP in a successful coup formed the government in Maharashtra, his body language was different for the party's once ally Shiv Sena. ...
As events took a sudden dramatic turn in Maharashtra on Saturday with a faction of NCP led by Ajit Pawar joined hands with BJP and with BJP's Devendra Fadnavis taking oath as chief minister, Congress is now planning to move its MLAs out of the state. ...
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson Nawab Malik on Saturday claimed that during the oath-taking ceremony of Ajit Pawar at the Raj Bhawan here 10 rebel MLAs were present, out of which four have returned to the party fold. ...
