In what can be seen as a fresh jolt to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) months before the Maharashtra polls, its leader Chitra Kishor Wagh on Thursday resigned from the primary membership of the party. Wagh also tendered her resignation from the President of party’s Mahila Wing, Nationalist Mahila Congress Maharashtra Pradesh.
She sent her resignation letter to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and thanked him for giving her the opportunity.
My Resignation 🙏 @NCPspeaks @PawarSpeaks @supriya_sule @Jayant_R_Patil @AjitPawarSpeaks @ANI pic.twitter.com/IohS5J5iz6
— Chitra Kishor Wagh (Modi ka Parivar) (@ChitraKWagh) July 26, 2019
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In a letter to NCP President Sharad Pawar, Wagh said, ‘I hereby submit my resignation as
president of Nationalist Mahila Congress Maharashtra Pradesh as well as Primary Membership of Nationalist Congress Party’.
She added, “I am indeed grateful to you for giving me all the opportunities to serve and be the voice of women in Maharashtra”.
While earlier this week, NCP Mumbai Chief Sachin Ahir on Thursday joined hands with Shiv Sena in presence of party president Uddhav Thackeray. The development comes months before the State Assembly polls.
Ex-Minister and Former NCP MLA, Sachin Ahir said he joined the Shiv Sena after being influenced by the work of Aaditya Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray. “I felt that it would be good to work should-to-shoulder with them,” Ahir told media at the joining venue.
The recent development came amid speculations of another NCP Leader Chhagan Bhujbal, wanted to change ship. However, Bhujal junked the reports and said that all news is baseless and false.”
In past few days, NCP suffered many setbacks with leaders jumping ship just months ahead of the polls. The crisis with the party started months after it faced a crushing defeat in the national polls.
It should be noted that both – Congress and NCP – forged an alliance in the state in the national polls. However, it faced a humiliating defeat. In the state that sends 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha Polls, NCP-Congress could only bag 5 Lok Sabha Seats with NCP winning 4 seats while one seat won by the Indian National Congress.
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