NCP Chief Sharad Pawar removes Praful Patel Sunil Tatkare from party for indulging in anti-party activities
NCP Chief Sharad Pawar removes Praful Patel Sunil Tatkare from party for indulging in anti-party activities
In a dramatic turn of events after Ajit Pawar took oath as Deputy CM with 8 other NCP as ministers on Sunday, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar removed party vice president Praful Patel and MP Sunil Tatkare from the party “for indulging in anti-party activities”.
Although, the NCP moved a disqualification petition against the nine MLAs to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, NCP leader Praful Patel in a joint conference made an announcement that Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare has been inducted as the new State President of the party in Maharashtra, adding that Ajit Pawar has been unanimously elected as the leader of the legislature party.
Whereas the letter served to the nine disqualified MLAs says
the State Discipline Committee passed a resolution dated 2 July 2023 recorded the factum of disqualification of the said 9 (nine) MLAs from the party due to their indulgence in anti-party activities.
The letter also records that the fact these defections were done in such a secretive manner, without the knowledge or consent of the Party President, amounts to desertion of the party which in turn invites disqualification.
NCP Chief in a communication which was also sent to the two party MPs. reiterated actions of supporting Ajit Pawar and the eight other MLAs, who have sworn oath as Ministers in violation of the party’s direction and mandate, ex-facie amount to anti-party activities and that they deemed to have voluntarily left the membership of Nationalist Congress Party.
The communication said the action of MPs, “in a surreptitious manner, without the knowledge or consent of the party president, amounts to the desertion of the party, which in turn invites disqualification from primary membership”.
Praful Patel, a Rajya Sabha MP, has been a close associate of Sharad Pawar and was working president of NCP last month. He was a minister in the Congress-led UPA government. .
Meanwhile, when asked on who will be the Nationalist Congress Party national president now, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar amid the joint press conference asked whether they have forgotten that Sharad Pawar is the party’s national president.
He was asked the question after NCP leader Ajit Pawar and eight other party leaders joined the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra in a surprise and dramatic political move.
Ajit Pawar said the party will function very well.
He further added that he has come to know from media reports that action is being initiated against nine MLAs. In this context, and an application has been sent to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker to disqualify Jayant Patil and Jitendra Awhad.
Amid the joint conference, the NCP leader Patel announced, they are relieving Jayant Patil of his responsibilities and in his place, and is appointing Sunil Tatkare as Maharashtra President of Nationalist Congress Party. Sunil Tatkare will have the authority to make organizational changes in the party.
Ajit Pawar and Chhagan Bhujbal along with Dilip Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Mundo, Dharmaraobaba Atram, Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Bansode, and Anil Patil joined Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government on Sunday
The letter also ordered the disqualified MLAs to refrain from misrepresenting before any forum that they have any association with the NCP. Any such act of misrepresentation would be absolutely unlawful and illegal.
Hours after Ajit Pawar and some other Nationalist Congress Party leaders joined the Maharashtra government, party chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said, “This is not ‘googly’, it is a robbery” and that he was worried about the future of those who left the party.
Talking to reporters after his nephew and eight other party leaders rebelled and joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra, Sharad Pawar said he was not worried about what happened and will work to strengthen the party again.
A day after NCP leader Ajit Pawar and eight other party leaders joined the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra in a dramatic turn of events in Maharashtra politics, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) veteran leader Lalu Yadav said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is dismantling the democratic character of the country.
Lalu Yadav at the launch of the book on Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in Patna said that Democracy is being attacked. Prime Minister Modi is breaking and robbing everything. Recently you saw, a prominent leader from Maharashtra had come to Bihar. We had called them to gather support to defeat PM Modi.
Earlier today, the RJD leader asserted that Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar is a stalwart and has inordinate power.
RJD leader further added that Sharad Pawar is a stalwart and has inordinate power and
PM Modi tried to shake him, but nothing will happen, everything will fail.
News input KV Raman
