Sharad Pawar takes back decision to quit as NCP chief

After a day long drama Shrad Pawar on Friday withdrew his designation as the Nationalist Congress Party chief.“I can't disrespect your sentiments. Due to your love, I am respecting the demand that was made to me to withdraw my resignation and the resolution that was passed by senior NCP leaders. I withdraw my decision to step down as the national president of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)”, the veteran leader said in Mumbai.

Earllier, Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) core committee unanimously passed a proposal on Friday and rejected Sharad Pawar's resignation and requested him to continue as NCP chief and has requested him to continue to lead the party that he founded, senior NCP Praful Patel said after the party's core committee meeting to choose its next chief. "Sharad Pawar expressed his desire to step down as president of the party. We unanimously reject the resignation. We have decided unanimously that we will request him to carry on as party president,” Patel said at the press conference.

#WATCH | The committee unanimously passed a proposal today and we have rejected Sharad Pawar's resignation and we request him to continue as NCP chief: Praful Patel, Vice-President, Nationalist Congress Party pic.twitter.com/SMfX67auXy

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The 18-member committee that met comprised Patel, Sunil Tatkare, KK Sharma, Ajit Pawar, Jayant Patil, Sule, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Anil Deshmukh, Rajesh Tope, Jitendra Awhad, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde, Jaidev Gaikwad, Narhari Jhirwal, Fauzia Khan, president, Nationalist Mahila Congress, Dheeraj Sharma, president Nationalist Youth Congress. NCP workers were seen raising slogans in support of Sharad Pawar, urging him to reconsider his decision. Sharad Pawar had on Tuesday announced his resignation from the party president's post.