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Sharad Pawar backs Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare as cracks widen in NCP

The Indian Express·Alok Deshpande·18 days ago
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Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday weighed into the churn within the ruling NCP, led by Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, by backing senior leaders Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare who did not appear on the party’s list of national office-bearers submitted to the Election Commission (EC). “I don’t have to comment on the happenings in the other party. But both Patel and Tatkare have worked with me for several years and have undertaken several responsibilities. Therefore I know their capabilities very well. Maybe the leadership of their party has a different assessment of them,” Pawar said. His remarks come amid speculations of a fresh round of internal reshuffling in the ruling NCP, nearly two years after party’s former chief, late Ajit Pawar, split the party and joined the BJP-Shiv Sena government.…

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