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#NCP Crisis : Sharad Pawar Insists He Is Still party president ; Hits Back On Age Jibe, Saying Active Whether 82 Or 92

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar asserted that his effectiveness remains unchanged regardless of whether he is 82 or 92 years old.

“I am still effective, whether I am 82 or 92,” said Sharad Pawar after the party’s national executive meeting in Delhi while responding to recent remarks made by his nephew, Ajit Pawar who took a veiled swipe at his age.

Earlier, “I am the president of NCP,” Sharad Pawar asserted after a meeting of the party’s Working Committee which approved the decision to expel Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare and nine others who joined hands with NDA recently.

Briefing the media as per PTI report in Delhi , party leader P C Chacko said eight resolutions were passed in the meeting. Pawar also said the “truth will come out” on Ajit Pawar’ claim of having majority.

Chacko said the organisation was behind Pawar.

“NCP Working Committee approves decision to expel Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare and nine who joined hands with NDA. Sharad Pawar was elected national president. We don’t take seriously claims of someone being national president.

“Our organisation still intact and we are with Sharad Pawar,” Chacko asserted.

He also said every three years, NCP holds elections and people are elected regularly.

The resolutions passed by the working committee include a stand against the undemocratic and unconstitutional actions of the BJP government and the misuse of government agencies against the Opposition.

It also condemned the central government policies resulting in spiralling inflation, unemployment and women’s plight.

Meanwhile , former Congress president Rahul Gandhi Sharad Pawar at his residence . And Gandhi later said Congress is 100 % with Sharad Pawar.

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