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The NCP, founded by Sharad Pawar, split two years ago after a rebellion led by his nephew Ajit Pawar. The faction headed by Ajit Pawar later joined the NDA.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. (PTI/File)
Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar said that workers of both factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) want to come together and that differences within the family have been resolved.
Speaking to NDTV in an exclusive interview, Pawar said, “The workers of both parties want to unite. The two NCPs are together now. All tensions in our family have ended.”
Ajit Pawar also said that his faction retained the NCP’s party name and the ‘clock’ symbol, while Sharad Pawar’s group was allotted a new name, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar), and a new symbol, the trumpet.
The two factions have decided to join forces for the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation election.
The Nationalist Congress Party, founded by Sharad Pawar, split two years ago after a rebellion led by his nephew Ajit Pawar. The faction headed by Ajit Pawar later joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), with Ajit Pawar assuming office as Deputy Chief Minister.
Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule, Sharad Pawar’s daughter and Ajit Pawar’s cousin, also told NDTV that the two NCP factions have come together for the Pimpri-Chinchwad polls at the request of party workers.
“There has been no discussion on whether this alliance with Ajit Pawar will continue,” she said.
Sule also dismissed the rumours of NCP (SP) joining Maharashtra’s BJP-led government and her taking charge as a minister. “Let those who are happy with such rumours talk about them,” she said.
Ajit Pawar also addressed other issues, including the controversy surrounding a land deal linked to his son, Parth Pawar.
“He didn’t give a single rupee. We also didn’t buy any land,” Ajit Pawar said.
The deputy chief minister showed no concern of any political threat, on the patch-up between MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena’s (UBT) Uddhav Thackeray. He trashed the Raj Thackeray factor as inconsequential to the upcoming election to the Mumbai civic agency, the country’s richest municipal body.
“Raj Thackeray’s speech is like a mimicry show; it gives entertainment for a short time, but nothing can be achieved with it. Both Raj and Uddhav will not be successful,” Ajit Pawar told NDTV.
Maharashtra, India, India
January 09, 2026, 15:51 IST
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