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NEW DELHI: The coming unneurotic of Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar faltered connected Friday arsenic agreed Nationalist Congress Party suffered a monolithic setback successful Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune municipal elections.According to the latest trends, BJP has taken the pb of 74 wards successful the Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations -- considered arsenic 1 of the richest aft the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
Meanwhile, NCP(Ajit Pawar) is up of 40 seats, portion the NCP(Sharad Pawar) is starring successful 1 ward.This comes contempt NCP's assertive campaigning successful the metropolis during the tally up to the elections.Meanwhile, BJP is starring successful 52 wards successful Pune. NCP, connected the different hand, is starring successful lone 2 wards. The Congress which is up successful 5 wards, is allying with the Thackeray brothers (Uddhav's Shiv Sena and Raj's MNS) - who are not starring successful immoderate wards.
Nephew-uncle allianceboth factions of NCP came unneurotic for the section assemblage polls successful Maharashtra. This came 2 years after, Ajit on with a radical of elder leaders, parted ways with his uncle Sharad Pawar and joined hands with BJP and Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena successful Maharashtra.Ajit was sworn successful arsenic lawman main curate nether this caller alliance. He favoured aligning with the ruling coalition, portion Sharad Pawar's faction insisted connected remaining with the opposition.
The Election Commission aboriginal recognised Ajit's faction arsenic the morganatic NCP, retaining the ‘clock' symbol. Meanwhile, Sharad Pawar's faction (NCP-SP) adopted the ‘tutari' (curved trumpet) symbol.Both factions contested elections separately. After the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, wherever his faction faced setbacks, Ajit Pawar acknowledged that turning his backmost connected household had been a “mistake”.NCP merger successful limbo?During the elections campaign, speculations were rife that some the factions of NCP were heading towards a merger.
Maharashtra lawman main curate Ajit Pawar and Supriya Sule hinted astatine a reunion successful the future.While speaking to quality bureau IANS, Sule had said that a determination astir the merger could beryllium taken successful the future.“Our confederation is formed for the Pune Municipal Corporation elections. We volition spot astir it successful the future,” Sule said.However, aft the lackluster show successful the section assemblage polls, it would beryllium absorbing to spot if some the factions would inactive spot merit successful coming together.
