Just days before the tragic accident, Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar held discussions and reached a consensus on uniting the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Following this, a meeting of senior leaders from both groups was convened to deliberate on the roadmap for the merger.

Some leaders of the NCP (Ajit Pawar) are worried their relevance will be lost if the two NCPs are reunified in the absence of 'Dada' and are interested in halting it from happening so that they can re

Ajit Pawar’s sudden death has left a political vacuum in Maharashtra and thrown the future of the Nationalist Congress Party into uncertainty. As questions swirl over who will inherit his mass base and organisational control,

Ajit Pawar was reportedly close to merging the two NCP factions before his sudden death. His demise has created a political vacuum in Maharashtra. The future of the Nationalist Congress Party now hangs in the balance.

According to the NCP leader, Ajit Pawar had urged him and other senior leaders including Vitthal Sheth Maniar and Srinivas Patil - who share a close bond with the senior Pawar - to facilitate a reconciliation.

Mumbai: Late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was strongly in favour of a reunification of the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and the process was on the verge of completion before his untimely death, a close associate of the leader has claimed.

During the recently concluded civic body elections, the two NCP factions had come together to contest as allies.

Political developments quickened in Maharashtra, three days after the sudden death of Ajit Pawar, the NCP supremo and the State’s Deputy CM, in an air crash at Baramati. His wife is currently the party’s sitting Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha.

Ajit Pawar Succession The question of who will succeed Ajit Pawar has now moved to the Pawar family, with political sources indicating that the final decision will be taken after discussions within the family.

Full state honours were accorded to Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar as his mortal remains were taken to the Vidya Pratishthan ground for the last rites in Baramati. Supporters of the NCP chief chanted 'Ajit Dada Amar Rahe' amid the last rites.