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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP, and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar’s son, Parth Pawar met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis successful the intervening of Saturday (May 16, 2026) and Sunday (May 17, 2026) amid reports of interior hostility successful the NCP.
“Parth Pawar met me. There were a fewer administrative and governmental issues. We are confederation partners. I don’t deliberation this is specified a large news,” Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told reporters successful Pune connected Sunday (May 17, 2026).
NCP sources said the 2 leaders concisely discussed issues wrong NCP arsenic well. “A spot successful Rajya Sabha is getting vacant. We person a fewer names successful mind. This was besides discussed,” a person said.
The rift wrong NCP is being spoken astir successful hushed tones adjacent arsenic Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare proceed to stay upset. The leaders person met Sharad Pawar during what a person described arsenic “turbulent times”.
“To immoderate of us, it looks similar Parth Pawar is successful a hurry to instrumentality power of the party. There are respective issues which see deficiency of trust, misunderstanding, and what seems to beryllium an overzealousness to instrumentality control,” a elder person told The Hindu.
Meanwhile, refuting speculations of hostility wrong the party, NCP person Umesh Patil said reports connected the removal of Mr. Tatkare and Mr. Patel from cardinal positions were baseless. “It is NCP SP leaders similar Rohit Pawar who are spreading each these rumours,” helium said.
Answering questions astir whether NCP leaders and enactment workers had appealed to Sharad Pawar to intervene, helium said that determination was nary question of his enactment members approaching different party’s leader.
“Sunetra Vahini leads this party. She volition instrumentality decisions successful this party. These speculations are being dispersed to substance misunderstanding and disorder wrong the enactment cadres. How tin a ruling enactment articulation an absorption party,” helium asked. The person denied reports that Mr. Patel and Mr. Tatkare were barred from entering the Delhi bureau of the NCP.
NCP (SP) sources confirmed that Mr. Tatkare and Mr. Patel had met Sharad Pawar separately for a fewer minutes. They confirmed that respective leaders of the NCP person been appealing to Mr. Sharad to intervene and resoluteness the interior issues wrong NCP. An NCP (SP) gathering volition beryllium held successful Mumbai connected May 20.
Pawar, Tatkare sidelined?
Party sources said that efforts were connected to talk with Mr. Tatkare and Mr. Patel. They acknowledged that some the leaders were upset owed to interior issues, amid talks that they were being sidelined successful the enactment and that power was being fixed to Parth Pawar and Jay Pawar. Leaders attributed the disturbance to ‘misunderstanding’.
Referring to the letters written by Sunetra Pawar to the Election Commission, a person claimed that those were written successful a hurry. “It tin astatine champion beryllium attributed to deficiency of administrative experience,” a person adjacent to Ms. Pawar said.
Another missive to the EC, giving the database of nationalist bureau bearers, does not person the elder leaders’ names. A fewer days ago, Ms. Pawar tweeted saying determination were clerical errors successful the letter, and that they volition beryllium corrected.
But leaders adjacent to Mr. Tatkare and Mr. Patel questioned however the database of office-bearers did not person the names of elder leaders who were appointed on with Ms. Pawar erstwhile a nationalist enforcement was convened this year.
“In the aforesaid nationalist convention, held connected February 22, Praful Patel was appointed arsenic the moving president. Sunil Tatkare was appointed arsenic the wide caput and State president. You can’t omit these names erstwhile you springiness a letter. We person video grounds of it all. This has led to confusion. Will it pb to the anticipation of different nationalist normal which volition person to beryllium held? Will a 3rd missive beryllium written to the EC now,” a person asked.
