12 days after Pawar’s ‘resignation’ jolt, NCP gears for intra-party elections

Mumbai: Exactly 12 days after the Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar’s “resignation bolt”, the party is now geared up for organisational elections, a top official said here on Wednesday.
Pawar presided over the NCP Core Committee meeting in which discussions focussed on the upcoming civic, Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, besides intra-party polls, said chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase.
As he had promised on May 5 to rejig the party and bring up youngsters in leadership roles, Pawar on Wednesday directed that the party’s organisational elections must be conducted as soon as possible.
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They will discuss and soon announce the schedule for the NCP internal polls in Mumbai and entire Maharashtra, he said.
Additionally, senior leaders and former ministers like Anil Deshmukh, Rajendra Shingne, Dr. Jitendra Awhad, Dhananjay Munde, Shashikant Shinde, Sunil Shelke, Ashok Pawar, Anil Patil, and Aniket Tatkare have been appointed Booth Committee heads for various regions.