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NCP to hold legislature party meeting to elect new leader
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader and Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has said that the NCP legislature party meeting will be held in Mumbai today to elect a new leader. He was speaking to reporters yesterday.
The post fell vacant following the demise of NCP National President and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on Wednesday. There is strong speculation within party circles that Ajit Pawar’s wife, Sunetra Pawar, is likely to be elected as the new leader. Meanwhile, senior NCP leaders met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis yesterday to discuss the political situation that has emerged following Ajit Pawar’s sudden demise.
Earlier, Speaking to the news agency, NCP spokesperson Rupali Patil Thombare said party leaders had urged Sunetra Pawar to decide on the Deputy CM post and emphasised the importance of timing in politics.
Thombare said, "Ajit dada's death was very shocking. He is not with us anymore. Sunetra Vahini (Sunetra Pawar) is grieving much more than all of us. She lost her husband all of a sudden. This is the fourth day since his death. We, the workers, have urged Vahini to forget her pain, and adopt Ajit Dada's dreams and work style. For this, she has made a decision for today; she had to."
"Timing is very important in politics. People will talk. Those who are speaking for him today used to comment on him when he was alive. Vahini is going to take oath as the Deputy CM today," the NCP Spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, all NCP representatives in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council will hold a meeting in Mumbai this afternoon.
This comes after Maharashtra Minister and senior party leader Chhagan Bhujbal said that the party has decided to give Sunetra Pawar's name for the as the legislative party leader.
Bhujbal told reporters, "It was decided among us that we will give Sunetra Pawar's name as legislative party leader."
"We went to meet the CM. Praful Bhai (Praful Patel), Tatkare (Sunil Tatkare) I, and Munde (Dhananjay Munde). We also met him (Fadnavis) last night. We asked if everything could be done tomorrow, from the swearing-in ceremony to everything else. The Chief Minister said he had no problem with it," he added.
