Sharad Govindrao Pawar, is an Indian politician from Baramati, Maharashtra, with over 50 years of public service. He holds a position of prominence in politics of India as well as the regional politics of Maharashtra. During his long career, Pawar has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on three occasions and held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minister of Agriculture in the Government of India. He is president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. He leads the NCP delegation in the Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Indian parliament. He is one of the founders of Maha Vikas Aghadi|, a post-poll alliance in Maharashtra between Shivsena, NCP, and INC.
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday named the law college of Anjuman-i-Islam in south Mumbai after former chief minister AR Antulay while NCP supremo Sharad Pawar released a book on.. IndiaTimes - Published
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday claimed that the previous Devendra Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra had misused police machinery in the Elgar Parishad case. The former Union minister also said.. IndiaTimes - Published
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said he suspected the Centre had something to hide about the erstwhile Devendra Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra, which is possibly why the probe into the Elgar.. IndiaTimes - Published
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday expressed his disapproval regarding Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray's consent to hand over the investigation of the Elgar Parishad case to the National Investigation.. IndiaTimes - Published
NCP president Sharad Pawar on Friday criticised Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray's decision to let the NIA take over probe into the Elgar Parishad case from the state police. "It was not.. IndiaTimes - Published
NCP chief Sharad Pawar has written a letter to Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh saying that the police staff on duty during VIP visits and rallies should be allowed to sit. IndiaTimes - Published
As per the latest update, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP has won 46 of the total 70 assembly seats and leading on 16 as per the latest results and trends. The BJP has won five seats and is leading on.. IndiaTimes - Published
"The BJP, as usual, played the communal card to polarise votes, but failed. The Delhi Assembly poll contest was only between the Aam Aadmi Party and BJP, hence one might claim the saffron party's vote.. IndiaTimes - Published
After an organisation of warkaris (pilgrims) criticised Sharad Pawar for "promoting atheism" and urged the community members to stop inviting him to religious events, the NCP chief on Saturday hit back.. IndiaTimes - Published
NCP chief Sharad Pawar has said that many ministers in the Shiv Sena-led coalition government in Maharashtra do not belong to political families and have earned their position purely on merit. Pawar.. IndiaTimes - Published
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday alleged that the Centre transferring the probe into the Koregaon Bhima violence case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) showed police had misused their powers.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Union government's move to transfer the probe of the Koregaon-Bhima violence case to the NIA has triggered a war of words. While Fadnavis called the move appropriate, NCP chief Sharad Pawar alleged.. IndiaTimes - Published
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday alleged that the Centre transferred the probe into the Koregaon Bhima violence case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for fear of getting exposed. IndiaTimes - Published
The Centre on Friday transferred the Koregaon-Bhima case to the National Investigation Agency. This comes a day after it emerged that Sharad Pawar had written to Maharashtra CM asking him to set up an.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leadership on Friday accused Narendra Modi-led central government of withdrawing security cover from party supremo Sharad Pawar's New Delhi residence. DNA - Published
The NCP on Friday accused the central government of withdrawing its chief Sharad Pawar's security at his official residence in New Delhi and charged it with playing "vendetta politics". IndiaTimes - Published
Sharad Pawar, along with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, addressed a meeting of the party's minority cell on Thursday at their party office. IndiaTimes - Published
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut should have refrained from saying that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi used to meet yesteryear gangster Karim Lala, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said here on Friday. IndiaTimes - Published
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said JNU students were subjected to a "cowardly and planned attack", adding that use of violence to suppress democratic values won't succeed. Pawar's remarks came as.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Maharashtra Congress is facing discontent over allocation of portfolios, with leaders blaming state unit chief Balasaheb Thorat for the party getting a "raw deal" as compared to the Shiv Sena and.. IndiaTimes - Published
D P Tripathi, 67, died in New Delhi on Thursday after a prolonged illness. NCP chief Sharad Pawar and other party leaders on Thursday condoled the death of their senior colleague and former Rajya Sabha.. IndiaTimes - Published
Responding to the CM's letter dated December 23, Pawar said that he agrees with her stand and pledged to stand in solidarity with the 'like-minded' leaders and parties against the implementation of CAA.. DNA - Published
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday took a dig at Fadnavis over his statement that the BJP was the single largest party in the Maharashtra assembly. "Sharad Pawar has taught us how to raise.. IndiaTimes - Published
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday sought the formation of a special investigation team to conduct an “independent inquiry” into the cases filed against human rights activists. Expressing one’s.. IndiaTimes - Published
Earlier, NCP leader Prakash Gajabhiye and Dhananjay Munde had submitted letters to the CM of Maharashtra demanding the withdrawal of cases in the Bhima Koregaon case. DNA - Published
Terming the arrest of activists in the Elgar Parishad case "wrong" and "vengeful", NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday demanded that a Special Investigation Team be set up under a retired judge to probe.. IndiaTimes - Published
He questioned why only migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be given citizenship under the amended law and not the Sri Lankan Tamils. Eight states, including Bihar, ruled by an NDA.. IndiaTimes - Published
Amid reports that a memorial of Balasaheb Thackeray here would require felling of 1,000 trees, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said the late Shiv Sena founder would not have liked the idea of axing.. IndiaTimes - Published
Senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar on Thursday dubbed chief minister Uddhav Thackeray as a "dummy CM", saying he has to seek approval of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.. IndiaTimes - Published
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said anti-BJP sentiments were “on the rise in parts of the country” and that people needed “an alternative that stays in India”. ​​​While Pawar did not.. IndiaTimes - Published
NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday that Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray's "Jallianwala Bagh again" swipe at the Centre was a sign that the alliance between Shiv Sena, his party and.. IndiaTimes - Published
"People need an alternative for such change, and such alternative has to be staying in the country," he said in an apparent reference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he.. IndiaTimes - Published
"We are committed towards the betterment of the last person in the society...towards the youngsters. We should work for them," Sharad Pawar said at the event. The party handed over cheques worth Rs 80.. IndiaTimes - Published
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