NCP single, united entity, should be returned to Sharad Pawar: Supriya Sule

Baramati MP Supriya Sule argued on Sunday that the NCP was a single, united organization, but that it had been taken away from Sharad Pawar and should be returned to him along with full rights and justice. The Nationalist Congress Party is one entity, founded and led by Sharad Pawar at its creation. The NCP (SP) leader made this claim in Baramati, asserting that a violation of the constitution had deprived Pawar of the party.

Sule cited the party's constitution as evidence of the injustice done to Pawar, stating that the battle over the matter is currently ongoing in the Supreme Court. Her sole demand is that the party be returned to Sharad Pawar with all rights and justice. According to Sule, the party's organizational side has primary importance over the elected representatives. What matters most is the district presidents and official documentation, not the elected officials' numbers.

The NCP split in 2023 when Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar, along with the BJP and Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, formed the Mahayuti. After Ajit Pawar's death in an air crash, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) claimed he was eager to reunify the party. Sule emphasized that the injustice done to Pawar could never happen to others, as the power of any individual is temporary. She called for an early hearing in the Supreme Court to challenge the Election Commission's decision recognizing the other faction as the real NCP.