Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Faction)

Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar)
AbbreviationNCP (AP)
LeaderAjit Pawar
PresidentAjit Pawar
ChairmanAjit Pawar
SpokespersonAmol Mitkari
Parliamentary ChairpersonPraful Patel
Lok Sabha LeaderSunil Tatkare
Rajya Sabha LeaderPraful Patel
Founded1 July 2023 (18 months ago) (2023-07-01)
Dissolved6 February 2024 (11 months ago) (2024-02-06)
Split from Nationalist Congress Party
Preceded byNationalist Congress Party
Merged intoNationalist Congress Party
HeadquartersOpposite Mumbai Mantralaya
Colours  Pink
ECI StatusUnregistered
Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies
Indian states
41 / 288
(Maharashtra)[1]
7 / 60
(Nagaland)
Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Council
6 / 78
Number of states and union territories in government
2 / 31
Election symbol
Party flag

The Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party was a faction of the erstwhile united Nationalist Congress Party that was led primarily by Ajit Pawar. Due to several disagreements with the then party president Sharad Pawar, the faction came into existence. The faction got hold of the party name afterwards.[2]

History

In July 2023, a majority of the elected representatives of the party led by Ajit Pawar joined the National Democratic Alliance government. This caused a direct split between Ajit Pawar and the founder-president of the party Sharad Pawar.[3] On 7 February 2024, the Election Commission of India awarded the party name and symbol to the group headed by Ajit Pawar. The group led by Sharad Pawar will be known as Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar).

References

  1. ^ "Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2014: Maharashtra State Election Dates, Results, News, Governors and Cabinet Ministers 2014". dna.
  2. ^ "Ajit Pawar joins NDA govt, takes oath as deputy CM of Maharashtra". The Economic Times. 2 July 2023.
  3. ^ Ajit Pawar Maharashtra Deputy Cm: Ajit Pawar joins NDA govt, takes oath as deputy CM of Maharashtra - The Economic Times