Nationalist Congress Party
The Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) is a centre to centre left political party primarily based in the state of Maharashtra , India. Its youth wing is the Nationalist Youth Congress.
NCP was formed on 25 May 1999, by Sharad Pawar, P. A. Sangma, and Tariq Anwar after they were expelled from the Indian National Congress(INC) on 20 May 1999, for disputing the right of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi to lead the party. At the time of formation, the party also absorbed Indian Congress (Socialist), which traced its origins to anti-coalition partner in the state of Maharashtra in alliance with INC. On 20 June 2012, P A Sangma quit from NCP to contest in presidential polls.
PARTY SYMBOL:
The party's election symbol is an analog clock (with two legs and an alarm button) that reads 10:10.
The NCP has made different alliances in different states. At the central Government NCP is a part of the United Progressive Alliance led by Congress. In Kerala it has entered the Left Democratic Front led by theCommunist Party of India (Marxist), and in Nagaland it is in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
NCP has members in the following states in India:
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Orissa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh * Tariq Anwar Member of Parliament & NCP General Secretary, * Praful Patel, Former Civil Aviation Minister, Cabinet Minister for Heavy Industries * Devi Prasad Tripathi NCP General Secretary & Chief Spokesperson * Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra Minister of Water Resources and Energy, Maharashtra (Sharad Pawar's nephew) * Chagan Bhujbal, Former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Minister of Public Works * R. R. Patil, Home Minister of Maharashtra * Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil, Former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Minister of Rural development and Tourism, Maharashtra
NCP was formed on 25 May 1999, by Sharad Pawar, P. A. Sangma, and Tariq Anwar after they were expelled from the Indian National Congress(INC) on 20 May 1999, for disputing the right of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi to lead the party. At the time of formation, the party also absorbed Indian Congress (Socialist), which traced its origins to anti-coalition partner in the state of Maharashtra in alliance with INC. On 20 June 2012, P A Sangma quit from NCP to contest in presidential polls.
PARTY SYMBOL:
The party's election symbol is an analog clock (with two legs and an alarm button) that reads 10:10.
The NCP has made different alliances in different states. At the central Government NCP is a part of the United Progressive Alliance led by Congress. In Kerala it has entered the Left Democratic Front led by theCommunist Party of India (Marxist), and in Nagaland it is in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
NCP has members in the following states in India:
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Orissa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh * Tariq Anwar Member of Parliament & NCP General Secretary, * Praful Patel, Former Civil Aviation Minister, Cabinet Minister for Heavy Industries * Devi Prasad Tripathi NCP General Secretary & Chief Spokesperson * Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra Minister of Water Resources and Energy, Maharashtra (Sharad Pawar's nephew) * Chagan Bhujbal, Former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Minister of Public Works * R. R. Patil, Home Minister of Maharashtra * Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil, Former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Minister of Rural development and Tourism, Maharashtra