NCP’s Sharad Pawar interacting with party workers and supporters during a ‘dharna’ at YB Chavan Centre, in Mumbai on Thursday. (PTI)
With this resignation saga, Sharad Pawar has shown party leaders, who are still keen to join hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), that he has a majority in the party, sources said.
The committee formed after the announcement of the retirement of Sharad Pawar as the national president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in its first meeting lasted for 40 minutes on Friday, rejected his resignation.
Praful Patel, the convener of this meeting, told the media, “We have unanimously passed a resolution to reject Pawar’s resignation and we will request him to continue as the national president of the party.”
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At 11 am, the 18-member committee constituted by Pawar met at the NCP headquarters in Mumbai to discuss the post-resignation crisis.
On Thursday, Sharad Pawar met the protesting party workers at YB Chavan Center and tried to pacify them. During conversation with them, he also said that he needs time to reconsider his decision, but will accept the decision of the committee.
According to highly placed sources in the party, Pawar has killed two birds with one stone with his resignation move.
direct, indirect message
Sources said that with this resignation saga, Pawar has shown party leaders, who are still keen to join hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), that he has a majority in the party.
Apart from this, he has also given a direct message to BJP that he is the boss and without his approval the party leaders will not do anything.
The group of leaders, who were in touch with the BJP and were trying to convince Pawar that the NCP should join hands with the BJP, have received a message that if they go against Pawar, they will be voted to power in the upcoming general elections. Public heat may have to be faced during this. assembly elections.
‘National issue’
Pawar’s resignation was not only confined to his party but also became a national issue because of his stature in national politics.
MK Stalin, Sitaram Yechury, Farooq Abdullah and leaders of other regional and national parties Rahul Gandhi expressed concern over the resignation
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On the national front, Pawar is trying to bring together all the smaller parties against the BJP and if he does not remain the national president of his party, the idea of uniting all the parties may not work. Therefore, the national leaders urged him to withdraw his resignation.
Senior journalist and political analyst Sanjay Jog said, “National leaders of all like-minded parties told Pawar that he was the inspirer of a united opposition and therefore he should continue.” The movement was to take cognizance and no alternative was found to lead the party in the 2024 general and state elections.
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