‘Never happened before in India,’ NCP founder Sharad Pawar reacts after losing party name, symbol to nephew

‘Never happened before in India,’ NCP founder Sharad Pawar reacts after losing party name, symbol to nephew

The founder of India’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sharad Pawar on Saturday (Feb 17) vehemently opposed a decision by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to give the party’s name to his nephew Ajit Pawar. Pawar said it has never happened in the past that the founder himself was removed from the party. Pawar also said the decision of the ECI was against the law and he had approached the Supreme Court of India (SCI) to get the ECI order nu

"Never happened before..." Sharad Pawar after losing NCP party name, symbol

Sharad Pawar challenges Election Commission's decision in Supreme Court, vows to increase public outreach. Maharashtra Assembly Speaker rules in favor of Ajit Pawar's faction as the real NCP.