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Pawar, king in his own right

2009-04-11 23:17:18
Last Updated: 2009-04-12 01:37:03

Sharad Chandra Govindrao Pawar popularly known as Sharad Pawar, founded the Nationalist Congress Party in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress.

He has previously held the posts of Defence Minister of India and Chief Minister of Maharashtra and currently serves as Union Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

Pawar hails from the town of Baramati in the Pune district of Maharashtra. He leads the NCP delegation in the Lok Sabha, representing his home constituency of Baramati. He has a prominent place in Indian national politics as well as regional politics of Maharashtra.

From 2005 to 2008, Pawar also headed the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

In June 1999, Pawar and Sangma founded the Nationalist Congress Party. His party had to align with the Congress party to form a coalition government in Maharashtra as neither party could win an absolute majority on its own in the 1999 assembly elections.

Pawar, however, did not return to state politics, and Vilasrao Deshmukh of the Congress was chosen as Chief Minister, with Chagan Bhujbal representing the NCP as his deputy. The alliance has endured at the national and state level to this day.

After 2004 Lok Sabha elections, he joined the United Progressive Alliance government headed by Manmohan Singh as the Minister for Agriculture and Food.

In the 2009 elections, Pawar's NCP has joined hands with the Congress at the state level, though he has made public his prime ministerial ambitions.

Courtesy: Wikipedia

Special: The Great Indian Poll Tamasha

All about: Pawar, NCP, COngress, Maharashtra

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