Bramati (Maharashtra): Putting all speculations to rest, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), led by Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, nominated Sunetra Pawar as a contender for the highly contested Baramati Lok Sabha constituency, setting the stage for a battle within the Pawar clan.
SC allocates ‘Man Blowing Turha (trumpet)’ symbol to Sharad Pawar
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday clarified that the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) cannot use the symbol of ‘Clock” as its allocation is sub-judice till the outcome of the court proceedings.
SC prohibits Ajit Pawar group from using Sharad Pawar’s name during election campaign
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Ajit Pawar faction, which has been officially recognised as the Nationalist Congress Party by the Election Commission of India to submit an undertaking in the court that they will not use the name and pictures of former NCP supremo Sharad Pawar in the election campaign.
EC allots new party symbol to Sharad Pawar's NCP faction
New Delhi/IBNS: Days after the Election Commission awarded the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) name and the 'clock' symbol to the Ajit Pawar faction, a new symbol has been allotted to the camp led by the party's founder and vertan politician Sharad Pawar.
Mumbai: Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra Pawar is likely to contest against Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
'Was treated like curry leaves': Baba Siddique on quitting Congress and joining NCP
Mumbai: Days after quitting Congress, former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique joined Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party Saturday evening and said his previous party treated him like “curry leaves,” media reports said.
Maharashtra Congress leader Baba Siddique quits party after 48 years
Mumbai/IBNS: Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique quit the Congress, in a fresh jolt to the grand old party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Election Commission assigns new name to Sharad Pawar's party
Mumbai/IBNS: Veteran politician Sharad Pawar's faction has a new name now- Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar- the Election Commission said Wednesday, a day after it declared that the group led by his nephew, Ajit Pawar, is the 'real' NCP and will be allotted its name and symbol (a clock).
NCP's Ajit Pawar faction files caveat application in Supreme Court after EC order
New Delhi/IBNS: The Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday filed a caveat application in the Supreme Court, praying that no order should be passed by the top judiciary without hearing them on any possible plea by the rival Sharad Pawar faction against the Election Commission of India (ECI) order related to the party.
In setback for Sharad Pawar, EC names Ajit's faction as 'real' NCP
New Delhi/IBNS: In a setback for veteran politician Sharad Pawar, the election commission has declared that his nephew Ajit Pawar-led faction is the "real" Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
Sharad Pawar trashes reports of being offered union minister post at meeting with nephew Ajit
Mumbai/IBNS: As strain builds within the Maharashtra opposition alliance over a meeting between Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit Pawar, the veteran politician has trashed claims that he has been offered a Union Minister post if he leaves the INDIA bloc and joins hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
New Delhi/IBNS: Even as the Oppositions are trying to come together to form the INDIA alliance, new trouble is brewing in Maharashtra after Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction got upset over Sharad Pawar's meetings with nephew and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, weeks after the latter's rebellion from the veteran-headed Nationalist Congress party (NCP).
Prithviraj Chavan expresses doubt over release of NCP's Nawab Malik on bail
Satara/IBNS/UNI: Senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Saturday raised a question over the manner in which Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik was arrested and released on bail.
'Ajit Pawar to become Maharashtra CM soon,' Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan predicts
Kolhapur/IBNS/UNI: Dropping a political bomb, senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan Monday predicted that present deputy chief minister and rebel Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar will soon become the chief minister by sidelining incumbent Eknath Shinde.
Setback for Sharad Pawar as all 7 Nagaland NCP MLAs extend support to Ajit Pawar
New Delhi/IBNS: In a massive setback for veteran politician Sharad Pawar, all seven Nagaland Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs have extended their support to Ajit Pawar.