NCP group meets again amid Amit Shah meeting buzz

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) held a core committee meeting on Wednesday, marking its second convening in just three days. Prior to this, senior party leaders had met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi without NCP president Sunetra Pawar and her son Parth, a Rajya Sabha member, or Deputy Chief Minister Jay, sources hinted.

Sunetra Pawar did attend a subsequent meeting at her official residence, Deogiri in Mumbai, where she expressed confidence in the party's prospects during the 2029 elections. Her sons were also present. All legislators, ministers, and office-bearers who attended the meeting, according to Mumbai NCP president Zeeshan Siddique, unanimously declared the party's unity under Sunetra Pawar's leadership.

The NCP, established by Sharad Pawar in 1999, experienced a vertical split following Ajit Pawar's joining of the Eknath Shinde-led Mahayuti government in July 2023. Ajit Pawar held the deputy chief minister position until his demise in a plane crash in January of this year. Sunetra Pawar subsequently assumed the role of NCP president and deputy chief minister.