Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Faction)

Political party in India

Indian political party

Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar)

Abbreviation| NCP (AP)
Leader| Ajit Pawar
President| Ajit Pawar
Chairman| Ajit Pawar
Spokesperson| Amol Mitkari
Parliamentary Chairperson| Praful Patel
Lok Sabha Leader| Sunil Tatkare
Rajya Sabha Leader| Praful Patel
Founded| 1 July 2023 (16 months ago) (2023-07-01)
Dissolved| 6 February 2024 (9 months ago) (2024-02-06)
Split from|  Nationalist Congress Party
Preceded by| Nationalist Congress Party
Merged into| Nationalist Congress Party
Headquarters| Opposite Mumbai Mantralaya
Colours|  Pacific Blue
ECI Status| Unregistered
Alliance|

* National Democratic Alliance (National Level), (Jharkhand) (2023–2024)
* North-East Democratic Alliance (Nagaland) (2023–2024)
* MahaYuti (Maharashtra) (2023–2024)

Seats in Lok Sabha|

1 / 543

Seats in Rajya Sabha|

1 / 245

Seats in State Legislative Assemblies|

Indian states

41 / 288

(Maharashtra)[1]

7 / 60

(Nagaland)

1 / 81

(Jharkhand)

Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Council|

6 / 78

Number of states and union territories in government|

2 / 31

Election symbol
Party flag

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The Nationalist Congress Party was an Indian political faction under the leadership of Ajit Pawar, splintered from the main Nationalist Congress Party under Sharad Pawar.[2] The faction has currently 41 MLAs from Maharashtra, 7 MLAs from Nagaland, and 3 MPs in Indian Parliament.

## History

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In July 2023, a majority of the elected representatives of the party led by Ajit Pawar joined the National Democratic Alliance government. This caused a direct split between Ajit Pawar and the founder-president of the party Sharad Pawar.[3] On 7 February 2024, the Election Commission of India awarded the party name and symbol to the group headed by Ajit Pawar. The group led by Sharad Pawar will be known as Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar).

## References

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1. ^ "Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2014: Maharashtra State Election Dates, Results, News, Governors and Cabinet Ministers 2014". dna.
2. ^ "Ajit Pawar joins NDA govt, takes oath as deputy CM of Maharashtra". The Economic Times. 2 July 2023.
3. ^ Ajit Pawar Maharashtra Deputy Cm: Ajit Pawar joins NDA govt, takes oath as deputy CM of Maharashtra - The Economic Times