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By India Today News Desk: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, who dropped a resignation bombshell on May 2, said he has reversed his decision to quit as party supremo.
In a press conference, Sharad Pawar said, “After announcing my decision, there was unrest among workers and people. My advisors said I should reconsider this decision. My supporters, politicians from Maharashtra and across India requested me to take my decision back.”
“Considering all these requests. I have taken back the decision to leave the NCP president post,” Pawar said.
Earlier in the day, the committee set up to choose the new NCP chief had also rejected Pawar’s decision to step down.
“The committee has unanimously passed a resolution. It unanimously rejects his decision to step down and urges him to continue as party president,” NCP leader Praful Patel said after a meeting of the committee.
Pawar himself had set up the committee, including Ajit Pawar, Supriya Sule, Patel and Chhagan Bhujbal, after he announced that he would be resigning as NCP chief.
The veteran leader’s decision came against the backdrop of speculation over his nephew Ajit Pawar’s next move, with a few claiming that he might join hands with the BJP.
Ajit Pawar, however, has reiterated that he would stay in the NCP till his last moment. Incidentally, Ajit Pawar was sharing the dais with Sharad Pawar when the latter made his bombshell announcement.
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