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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)

Nationalist Congress Party is a centrist nationalist Indian political party. The party is also known as Rashtrawadi Congress Party in regional language. The party was formed on 25th May 1999 after the three leaders Sharad Pawar, P.A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar were expelled from the Indian National Congress for strongly disputing the right of Italian Born Sonia Gandhi to become the leader of the Indian National Congress. These three leaders joined hands and along with thousands of supporters assembled at Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road in New Delhi to form a new party. The party has a centre-left political ideology and it follows the tradition of the Congress leaders which includes Annie Besant, Dadabhai Naoroji, Jawaharlal Nehru, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and others. At the time of formation, the party absorbed the Indian Congress (Socialist) party which traced its origin in Maharashtra. Sharad Pawar was made the President of the party and Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma became the General Secretaries of the party. The party also has the record of being the party to be recognized as a national party by Election Commission in the shortest duration. In 2012, P. A. Sangma, one of the founders and general secretary of the party quit the NCP to participate in the presidential polls.The election symbol of NCP is an analogue clock drawn in blue and has two legs and an alarm button and it reads 10:10. The entire logo is situated on a tri colored Indian flag which forms its background. The symbol used by the NCP party is based on their belief and it denotes that the party will keep fighting for their rights and will be following the partys principle no matter how difficult the situation is. As the symbol signifies, the party must carry their work for the masses throughout the year and it must represent the thoughts and raise the matters concerned with the common man. This is how India achieved its freedom and since the party follows the ideologies of the freedom fighters, it will uphold the traditions of the Indian leaders who fought for the independence of the country. The party stands for equality, social justice and unity of the nation upholding the democratic secular society. The party believes that India can achieve integrity only when the power is decentralized from the centre and the villages are empowered. The party believes in empowering the lower and weaker section of the society, especially people belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled tribes and Other Backward Class. The party believes in eradicating the factors like unemployment, starvation, communalism, exploitation from the society. After the establishment of the party, the party had to face the Lok Sabha elections as well as the assembly elections. Primarily based in Maharashtra, the party had the opportunity to represent itself in the states of Goa, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Assam Gujarat, Kerala, Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand. It is even present in the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar. The party has the maximum influence in the state of Maharashtra and the first election that the party contested there in the 1999 state legislative assembly, it gained 58 seats out of the 223 seats it contested on and became the third largest party in the state. Since no party had an absolute majority in the state, the party allied itself with the Congress party and formed a coalition government in Maharashtra. The alliance between the two parties continued in the 2004 general elections where the party allied itself with the Congress -led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and formed the government at the national level. The party supported the Congress party after the Congress partys decision to choose Manmohan Singh to be the Prime Minister. In the 2004 assembly elections in Maharashtra, the NCPs political influence reached the maximum when it won 71 seats out of the 124 seats it contested and its alliance Congress won 69 seats, forming the Maharashtra state government. However, in the 2009 assembly elections, the party gained 62 seats out of the 114 seats it contested on whereas the alliance Congress gained 82 seats and they continued their coalition government in Maharashtra. In the 2014 elections, the party was able to win only 41 seats and their alliance Congress won only 42 seats and the coalition was far from forming the government. The NCP offered outside support to BJP for forming the government however, the BJP formed the government in the state with Shiv Sena. As of August 2016, the BJP Sena coalition heads the government in Maharashtra.The NCPs performance at the national level was much lower in other states except Maharashtra. In the Goa state legislative assembly elections of 2007, NCP was able to win three seats however in the 2012 elections the party lost all the seats it fought in the state. At the Lok Sabha elections of 1999, the party won eight seats and the party had nine seats in the 2004 and 2009 elections but the party had received only about 2 percent of the nationwide vote. The party also had seven seats in Lok Sabha in 2010 and 2012 contests however the party suffered a setback in the 2014 elections where the party suffered a great loss and its representation was then reduced to six seats. The party also had some internal problems and one group of the party in Kerala broke in 2002 and another in Chhattisgarh. In 2004, one of the founders of the party P.A. Sangma pulled its faction based in Meghalaya out of the NCP. He later returned to the party but left again in 2012 to contest for presidency of India when NCP decided to support Pranab Mukherjee for presidency elections. P.A. Sangma lost the elections and in 2013, he formed the Nationals People Party. The party has its student wing known as Nationalist Student Congress and also has a youth wing called Nationalist Youth Congress. The women wing is known as Nationalist Mahila Congress and it has played an important role fighting for the women rights in the country. As the Minister of Agriculture, Sharad Pawar received Krishi Ratna Award for his policies in agriculture. His policies helped in reducing the number of farmer suicides in India. He also introduced many schemes like National Project on Management of Soil, Health and Fertility, Jute Technology Mission and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana. He also increased the budget allocated for farming from 2% to 4.5%. NCP has a major contribution to rural India in general.

Floor Test Will Decide Who Has The Majority, Says Sharad Pawar As Maharashtra Crisis Snowballs
India.com News Desk | June 23, 2022 8:11 PM IST
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar reiterates "will work to save government."
Floor Test Will Decide Who Has The Majority, Says Sharad Pawar As Maharashtra Crisis Snowballs
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Hanuman Chalisa Row: Now, NCP Leader Wants To Recite Scriptures of All Faith Outside PMO
India.com News Desk | April 25, 2022 12:24 PM IST
Hanuman Chalisa Row: NCP leader Fahmida Hassan Khan has shot a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah,
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Mumbai: MSRTC Workers Protest Outside Sharad Pawar's Residence, Detained
India.com News Desk | April 8, 2022 4:31 PM IST
Demanding the merger of the MSRTC with the state government, the workers raised slogans against the
Mumbai: MSRTC Workers Protest Outside Sharad Pawar's Residence, Detained
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NCP Decides To Keep Nawab Malik As Minister, But Hands Over His Portfolios To Party Colleagues
India.com News Desk | March 18, 2022 11:31 AM IST
The NCP has decided to "temporarily" give charge of portfolios held by jailed Maharashtra Minister
NCP Decides To Keep Nawab Malik As Minister, But Hands Over His Portfolios To Party Colleagues
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'Fight is Against Fraud Not Religion': Nawab Malik Stands by His Statement on NCB's Sameer Wankhede
India.com News Desk | October 31, 2021 2:06 PM IST
"I stand by my statement that he's (Sameer Wankhede) on a post by forging SC certificate. He
'Fight is Against Fraud Not Religion': Nawab Malik Stands by His Statement on NCB's Sameer Wankhede
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WhatsApp Row Over Arnab: Maharashtra to Hold Meet Take Next Course of Action Tomorrow
India.com News Desk | January 18, 2021 6:50 PM IST
Issuing a statement, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said the state government is looking
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Delhi Assembly Election 2020: NCP Releases List of 7 Candidates, Surender Singh to Fight From Delhi Cantt
India.com News Desk | January 21, 2020 7:39 PM IST
On the other hand, Surender Singh, who was denied the party ticket for the upcoming Delhi Assembly
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‘Had Told Shivajirao Bhosale Sahakari Bank to Settle Loans After Election,’ Says NCP Leader Dhananjay Munde
India.com News Desk | October 28, 2019 7:57 PM IST
The Shivajirao Bhosale Sahakari Bank attached NCP Leader Dhananjay Munde's Pune-based flat after he
‘Had Told Shivajirao Bhosale Sahakari Bank to Settle Loans After Election,’ Says NCP Leader Dhananjay Mun
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Maharashtra Assembly Election 2019: Contests For 288 Seats Promises to be an All-out Political War
IANS | October 20, 2019 5:34 PM IST
The ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is determined to come back for a second consecutive term, while
Maharashtra Assembly Election 2019: Contests For 288 Seats Promises to be an All-out Political War
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Big Jolt to NCP as Its Leader Sanjay Dina Patil joins Shiv Sena Ahead of Maharashtra Assembly Polls
India.com News Desk | October 4, 2019 9:29 PM IST
Sanjay Dina Patil joined Shiv Sena in the presence of party chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai.
Big Jolt to NCP as Its Leader Sanjay Dina Patil joins Shiv Sena Ahead of Maharashtra Assembly Polls
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2019-10-04T10:29:19+00:00
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'Not Disrespected Army Chief,' Says NCP's Majeed Memon After Slamming General Bipin Rawat For 'Being Part of BJP's Poll Campaign'
India.com News Desk | September 23, 2019 4:37 PM IST
Responding to General Rawat's remarks on Balakot earlier today, NCP MP Memon had questioned why the
'Not Disrespected Army Chief,' Says NCP's Majeed Memon After Slamming General Bipin Rawat For 'Being Part of
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NCP Chief Pawar Calls Former Party Leaders 'Cowards' For Switching to BJP Ahead of Maharashtra Assembly Polls
India.com News Desk | September 16, 2019 9:37 AM IST
NCP chief Sharad Pawar slammed his former party leaders who had quit ahead of the assembly polls in
NCP Chief Pawar Calls Former Party Leaders 'Cowards' For Switching to BJP Ahead of Maharashtra Assembly Polls
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Setback to NCP Before Maharashtra Polls, Satara MP Udayanraje Bhosale to Join BJP
India.com News Desk | September 13, 2019 3:45 PM IST
The NCP leader is also a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Setback to NCP Before Maharashtra Polls, Satara MP Udayanraje Bhosale to Join BJP
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2019-09-13T04:45:06+00:00
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Mumbai: Cab Driver Arrested After NCP's Supriya Sule Alleges Touting & Harassment at Dadar Station
India.com News Desk | September 13, 2019 12:41 PM IST
Sule's tweet had clearly stated: "If touting is permitted under the law, then it cannot and should
Mumbai: Cab Driver Arrested After NCP's Supriya Sule Alleges Touting & Harassment at Dadar Station
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Woman, Gang-raped by Four Friends a Month Ago, Dies in Aurangabad Hospital
India.com News Desk | August 30, 2019 1:51 PM IST
The girl came to Mumbai when four of her friends decided to celebrate her birthday. After cutting
Woman, Gang-raped by Four Friends a Month Ago, Dies in Aurangabad Hospital
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BJP MLA Caught on Camera Assaulting NCP Woman Leader| Watch
India.com News Desk | June 3, 2019 1:41 PM IST
Narrating her ordeal, Tejwani said that her husband was also thrashed by Thawani' people.
BJP MLA Caught on Camera Assaulting NCP Woman Leader| Watch
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NCP's Ajit Pawar Says he Has no Doubts About Functioning of EVMs
PTI | May 15, 2019 9:46 PM IST
Pawar, without naming the BJP, said "they" would not have lost polls in five states if the
NCP's Ajit Pawar Says he Has no Doubts About Functioning of EVMs
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2019-05-15T10:46:20+00:00
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Maval: Prestige Battle For Pawars as Young Scion Parth Pawar Makes Debut
PTI | April 8, 2019 10:11 PM IST
An NCP leader said the party activists who had shifted their loyalty to the BJP and the Sena during
Maval: Prestige Battle For Pawars as Young Scion Parth Pawar Makes Debut
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Lok Sabha Election 2019: All You Need to Know About Lakshadweep Seat
India.com News Desk | April 8, 2019 4:35 PM IST
LS Polls 2019: Lakshadweep will go to polls on April 11.
Lok Sabha Election 2019: All You Need to Know About Lakshadweep Seat
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PM Modi is Otherwise 'Alright' But Turns Hysterical During Elections: Sharad Pawar
India.com News Desk | April 8, 2019 9:05 AM IST
NCP President Sharad Pawar said that PM Modi is otherwise "alright" but turns hysterical during
PM Modi is Otherwise 'Alright' But Turns Hysterical During Elections: Sharad Pawar
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