Tag: NCP chief Sharad Pawar

Pawar rules out Maha home minister’s exit over Singh’s claims

Mumbai, Mar 22:  Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh’s corruption allegations against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh pertain to a period when he was hospitalised and hence the question of his resignation does not arise, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Monday. “We got information that Deshmukh […]

Maha will have take to loan to help flood-hit people: Pawar

Mumbai, Oct 19 : NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said Maharashtra is facing a “historic economic crisis” and the state government has no option but to take loan to help flood-affected people in the state. Pawar, who is on a tour of the Marathwada region to review the […]

Koregaon-Bhima commission summons Sharad Pawar

Pune, Mar 18: The Koregaon Bhima Inquiry Commission has summoned NCP chief Sharad Pawar to depose before it as a witness in the 2018 caste-violence case, the panel’s lawyer Ashish Satpute said here on Wednesday. Pawar will have to appear before the commission in Mumbai, as the scheduled hearing […]

Sharad Pawar silent on whether Ajit will become deputy CM

Pune, Dec 21: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday kept mum on whether senior party leader and his nephew Ajit Pawar would become deputy chief minister in the Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray would soon take decision on cabinet expansion, Pawar said at a press […]

People did not like arrogance of power: Pawar

Mumbai, Oct 24: With trends suggesting that the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is falling well short of its target of winning 220 assembly seats in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the message was that people did not like “the arrogance of power”. The people, however, have asked […]

Pawar drops ED office visit plan, says won’t get scared off

Mumbai, Sep 27: NCP chief Sharad Pawar, named in a money-laundering case by the ED in connection with a scam at Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank, on Friday said he won’t visit the agency’s office “for now”, much to the relief of police and common citizens. Pawar’s decision came after […]

Cong, NCP to contest 125 seats each in Assembly polls: Pawar

Mumbai, Sep 16: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress will contest 125 seats each in next month’s Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Monday. Pawar announced that the seat-sharing pact between the grand old party and his 20-year-old organisation has been finalised. As […]

Poll results mark ‘beginning of change’: Pawar

Mumbai, Dec 12: The Assembly poll results in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh mark the “beginning of a change”, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said Wednesday, dubbing the outcome as “rejection” of the BJP-led government’s policies. Pawar, who turned 78 on Wednesday, said his party would support the Congress and […]

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