In reference to Prime Minister Modi’s statement regarding his conversation with Palestine, during which he reaffirmed India’s enduring stance on the matter and guaranteed Palestine assistance, Pawar stated that his stance remained unchanged. “I had expressed similar views on the lines expressed by past prime ministers ranging from Jawaharlal Nehru to Atal Behari Vajpayee, which was to ensure a peaceful resolution to the long-standing dispute, where Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and harmony as neighbours,” Sharad Pawar commented.

“I trust that the BJP leaders who misunderstood my remark will come to comprehend the position of the nation on this extremely delicate matter. “The expression’more loyal than the king’ is an English idiom that probably best describes the nature of their remarks,'” Sharad Pawar stated.

Prime Minister Modi condemned the “terrorist” attack by Hamas on October 7 in his initial statement, wherein he also affirmed India’s solidarity with Israel. Several leaders of the opposition questioned the statement on the grounds that India has historically advocated for Palestine to be “sovereign, independent, and viable.” As New Delhi condemned Hamas’ attack on Israel, the MEA clarified India’s stance on the Palestinian issue and Israel.

Prime Minister Modi spoke with the president of Palestine on the thirteenth day of the Israel-Hamas conflict, expressing concern over civilian casualties following the October 17 attack on a Gaza hospital. “Speake with His Excellency Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority.” My condolences were extended regarding the tragic loss of civilian lives at the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza. Humanitarian aid will continue to be distributed on behalf of the Palestinian people. Our profound concern was expressed regarding the escalating violence, terrorism, and security situation in the region. Prime Minister Modi reaffirmed India’s enduring principled stance regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict in a social media post.

Sharad Pawar’s remarks regarding Israel-Hamas

In the past, prominent figures such as Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee all expressed views in support of providing assistance to Palestine during the Israeli-Pakistan conflict. Narendra Modi, the prime minister of our nation, expressed his unambiguous support for Israel for the very first time. The stance of the NCP is unambiguous. “We support the indigenous inhabitants of that territory, the people,” Sharad Pawar declared.

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What caused the uproar?

Nitin Gadkari remarked, “What’s worse is Sharad Pawar ji is aware that he is making this statement to appease a specific audience; he ought to adopt a more constructive stance.” Piyush Goyal referred to this as a “rotten mentality.”

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On Monday, the SC is scheduled to hear the petition. This action is being taken at a time when the Election Commission has commenced deliberating on the petition submitted by Ajit Pawar, who is seeking to establish the party’s name and election symbol.

According to insiders, the party is attempting to compel the speaker to resolve the disqualification case they filed in response to Supreme Court orders requiring him to provide a timeline for the resolution of the disqualification petitions lodged against chief minister Eknath Shinde and his party MLAs who defected from the Shiv Sena and allied with the BJP in June 2022 in order to form a new government.

“On September 24, Maharashtra president Jayant Patil submitted a writ petition to the Supreme Court on behalf of our party, the NCP, which is headed by Sharad Pawar. An NCP insider stated, “We have requested directives from the speaker, who has remained inactive for more than three months since our initial petition for disqualification was presented to him on July 2.”

Three petitions have been submitted by the NCP seeking the disqualification of dissident MLAs. The initial petition was directed at nine MLAs, one of whom was Ajit Pawar; the second petition targeted twenty MLAs; and the third petition targeted eleven MLAs. “The purpose of the petition is to accelerate our legal proceedings, as we are concerned that the speaker’s decision may be swayed in favor of the Ajit faction.” “This will enable us to quickly approach the SC and have them disqualified in the event that the speaker rules against us,” he continued.

Additionally, the NCP faction, led by Ajit Pawar, has submitted a caveat to the highest court. This was verified by Praful Patel, the working national president of the faction led by Ajit. “Along with the petition they filed, we have also submitted a caveat requesting that the court refrain from issuing any orders until we present our case,” he explained.

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The group commanded by Ajit holds the belief that they will face no repercussions. “It is common knowledge that the Supreme Court declined to intervene in the case of Shiv Sena vs. Eknath Shinde within the speaker’s jurisdiction.” “That means the same will happen to our case,” an insider from the faction led by Ajit said, adding, “At most, the apex court will request a ruling from Narwekar within a reasonable time frame; elections could take place at any point next year.”

On Monday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will conduct its second hearing regarding a petition submitted by the NCP dissident faction, which seeks to assert ownership over the party’s name and symbol.

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Singhvi stated that the opposing side’s argument, led by the faction of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, will proceed at the next hearing. “A response to that has not been provided as of yet.” It is astounding, fascinating, and in my opinion, nonexistent in the law. They are expressing their refusal to take the organizational exam. They are aware that 99 percent of the NCP cadre supports the individual standing next to me, the founder who envisioned it. They are stating, “Ignore the organizational test; they’ve devised a new one that counts the votes of MLAs and MPs, in addition to something I’ve never heard of before: the votes of MLAs and MPs.”

आदरणीय शरदचंद्रजी पवार साहेबांना स्वत: निवडणूक आयोगामध्ये जाताना बघितलं. दुपारी 4 वाजता सुनावणी सुरु झाली संध्याकाळी 6 वाजता संपली. ते स्वत: तिथे बसून होते. त्यावेळेस त्यांच्या कानावरही शब्द आले, आमच्या कानावरही शब्द आले. समोरच्या पक्षाकडील वकीलाने अत्यंत उद्धटपणाने ‘शरद पवार…

— Dr.Jitendra Awhad (@Awhadspeaks) October 6, 2023

Ajit Pawar asserted the support of forty-two MLAs, six MLCs, and two MPs from Maharashtra during the hearing. At the Election Commission, senior advocates NK Kaul and Maninder Singh presented Ajit’s position. “Under the circumstances, the petitioner submits that he enjoys overwhelming support in the Organisational Wing as well as Legislative Wing of the NCP and therefore the present petition may be allowed by the Hon’ble Commission by recognising the faction led by the petitioner to be the real Political Party,” Ajit Pawar stated in his written submission to the Election Elections Commission. Singhvi stated that these assertions are fictitious because Ajit Pawar is evading the established tests to verify them.

Ajit Pawar submitted an application to the Election Commission on June 30, two days prior to his declaration of rebellion and subsequent alliance with the Maharashtra administration, in which he asserted ownership over the party name and symbol.

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Sharad Pawar conferred with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi prior to the EC hearing.

Rude words used against Sharad Pawar: Jitendra Awhad

Leader of the NCP Jitendra Awhad stated that during the hearing, insulting language was directed at Sharad Pawar. As Sharad Pawar sat there, Ajit Pawar’s attorney stated that he had never run the party in accordance with democratic principles.

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Tapase tweeted that “NCP National President Shri Sharad Pawar Saheb and working President Smt @supriya_sule will attend the opposition parties’ meeting on Tuesday, July 18 in Bengaluru.”

Sharad Pawar, age 82, attended the previous Opposition meeting on June 23 in Patna, Bihar.

Sanjay Raut, leader of the Shiv Sena (UBT), also affirmed that Pawar will attend the Bengaluru meeting tomorrow morning.

“After the summit in Patna, today’s meeting in Bengaluru will be decisive. Uddhav Thackeray, leader of the Shiv Sena, will attend the meeting. There was uncertainty regarding Sharad Pawar’s attendance at the meeting. Tomorrow morning, Pawar will attend the meeting in Bengaluru. I assert this with absolute conviction. “Hum Sab Ek Hai!” tweeted Raut.

On July 17-18, at least twenty-four opposition parties will convene at a hotel in Bengaluru in an effort to present a united front against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in New Delhi.

Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar, convened the first opposition gathering on June 23 in Patna. Opposition heavyweights, including Pawar, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, met to discuss a road map for an anti-BJP front in time for the Lok Sabha elections the following year.

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On Race Course Road in Bengaluru, large posters and banners have been spotted welcoming opposition party leaders to the joint opposition meeting at the Taj West End Hotel in the Karnataka capital.

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ANI reports that Devendra Fadnavis was seen departing CM Eknath Shinde’s residence late Thursday night after the meeting.

Earlier in the day, addressing recent reports of discontent among Shiv Sena MLAs regarding NCP leader Ajit Pawar’s joining the Shinde-Fadnavis government, CM Shinde made it clear that his government has emerged stronger and that he has no intention of resigning, labeling all such reports as ‘rumours’.

CM Eknath Shinde told ANI, “It is all just rumors.”

Regarding the schism within the NCP, Shinde stated that the party should reflect on all internal happenings. “They (NCP) should reflect on the current state of their party. “They need to investigate their party, because their own house is now broken,” he said. “Yesterday, I also held a meeting with our MPs and MLAs, and our government is getting stronger by the day,” Eknath Shinde told ANI.

“Now that our administration is composed of three parties, we have more than 200 legislators. No leader is dissatisfied, and everyone has faith in us. Our government continues to gain strength. We have the backing of PM Modi and Amit Shah,” the Chief Minister of Maharashtra told ANI. Shinde also presided over a meeting of Shiv Sena MLAs at his official Mumbai residence.

Earlier, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut stated that Chief Minister Shinde could be replaced in the coming days in light of Ajit Pawar and eight other NCP MLAs joining the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) administration in the state. Chandrashekhar Bawankule, the state president of the BJP, dismissed rumors that the state will get a new chief minister in the coming days, stating that the opposition parties are deliberately sowing confusion and that Shinde will remain chief minister.

“All of our senior leaders, including Devendra Fadnavis, have stated that Eknath Shinde will continue to serve as chief minister. He is performing admirably for the state. “The opposition parties sow confusion,” said Bawankule.

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Ajit Pawar joined the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra along with eight senior MLAs and took the oath of office as the state’s deputy chief minister for the fifth time on Sunday.

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This comes after media reports claimed Munde had met with Rahul and Sonia Gandhi and would shortly join the Congress. When queried about this, the president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee, Nana Patole, stated that she is welcome to join his party if she so chooses.

A few days ago, it was reported that I had met Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi twice and that I would be leaving BJP and joining Congress. These press reports are entirely false. I guarantee that I have never discussed joining a political party with any party leader. I have never met either Rahul Gandhi or Sonia Gandhi…I intend to file a defamation suit against the channel…,” declared Pankaja Munde, national secretary of the BJP.

The report comes at a time when Maharashtra is experiencing one of its greatest political spectacles since Ajit Pawar led an NCP faction to join the coalition government of CM Eknath Shinde and the BJP.

According to Ajit Pawar’s faction, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) working committee meeting convened by Sharad Pawar on Thursday in Delhi has no legal standing, as reported by the PTI. Sharad Pawar has convened a meeting of the National Executive/National Working Committee/National Office Bearers/State Party Presidents of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today in New Delhi, according to media reports, according to a statement released on behalf of Ajit Pawar.

“Ajit Pawar was elected as the National President of the NCP on June 30, 2023, with the overwhelming support of the majority of elected representatives of the NCP as well as the members working in different organizational posts,” the statement read.

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According to the rebel faction’s statement, Ajit Pawar has filed a petition with the Election Commission claiming that he represents the true NCP and requesting that the party’s name and symbol be granted to him.

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“On the same day as receiving the petition, ECI also received affidavits from forty Members of Parliament, Members of Legislative Assembly, and Members of Legislative Council. The commission received these documents officially on July 5, 2023, a person said on condition of anonymity.

Additionally, ECI has received a resolution enacted by his faction that elects Ajit Pawar as president of the NCP.

According to the source cited above, the commission also received a disclaimer from Jayant R. Patil, president of Sharad Pawar’s Maharashtra NCP unit. “In a letter dated July 3, 2023, Jayant R. Patil informed the commission that a disqualification proceeding has been initiated against nine members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. The proceeding has been submitted with the appropriate authority,” the individual added.

Wednesday, HT reported that NCP factions have informed the Election Commission of the party’s division via letter.

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Ajit Pawar and eight other NCP legislators joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and swore in as ministers in the Maharashtra administration on Sunday. Sharad Pawar, the patriarch of the NCP, and his son, Ajit Pawar, have since sanctioned a series of reciprocal disqualifications and appointments.

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At the Nationalist Congress Party’s 24th Foundation Day celebration in Mumbai, where his uncle Sharad Pawar and other top party officials were in attendance, he proposed this idea.
I am informed that I don’t act harsh as the head of the opposition,” he continued, opening the door to further speculation.

“I was never interested to work as Leader of Opposition but accepted the role on demand of the party MLAs,” he admitted.

Pawar added that the decision on his request rests with the NCP’s leadership.

“Assign me any post in the party organization, and I will do complete justice to whatever responsibility is entrusted to me,” he continued.

After the MVA administration broke in July 2017 owing to a revolt in Shiv Sena, in which Pawar served as deputy chief minister, he assumed the role of Leader of the Opposition.

Notably, NCP head Sharad Pawar recently appointed his daughter and MP Supriya Sule to the position of working president of the party in Maharashtra. Another president who is actively working for other states is Praful Patel.

Telangana’s chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and Prakash Ambedkar’s Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) are two political forces that, according to Ajit Pawar, must be taken seriously.

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The Congress-NCP partnership was damaged in 2019 due only to VBA. We need to prevent the vote from being split among parties with similar goals. “We can’t just brush off BRS and VBA,” he said.

Rao, also known as KCR, is actively working to grow the BRS’s support base in Maharashtra and has recently held demonstrations in the Marathwada region to advocate for the election of a “kisan” (farmers’) government. The BRS has also begun recruiting new members in the western state.

The need to fortify the NCP in Mumbai and Vidarbha was another point that Ajit Pawar made.

Spending on Yoga Day activities amounts to crores, he said.

I inquired as to the whereabouts of Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal of the (Maharashtra) Assembly on Yoga Day. Hearing this, the audience erupted into laughter. “Zirwal told me he can’t bend because of his big stomach and people might laugh at him,” he remarked.

Newly appointed working president Supriya Sule emphasized the importance of establishing booth committees in her address to NCP leaders and office-bearers.

She also mentioned having senior MLAs who were also ministers train candidates in five or six constituencies.

Leaders should travel across the state. The Baramati representative stressed the need for transparency on party positions on key issues.

Sule also mentioned the Uniform Civil Code, adding that a conversation cannot be had or an opinion formed until a draft is completed.

She claimed that once Article 370 was revoked, tourism in Kashmir grew.

However, there is a lack of information regarding the total amount of money brought into the UT or the number of people from outside of Kashmir who have purchased property there. For what reason is Parliament still approving the budget for Kashmir? Inquired she.

Sule campaigned for a quota system to protect minority groups including the Muslim, Dhangar, Lingayat, and Marathas.

Jayant Patil, president of the state’s NCP, argued that the recent pattern of communal violence in Maharashtra may be traced back to places where the BJP is less powerful.

He claimed these occurrences were planned in order to sow discord and splinter the electorate.

Ajit Pawar and Zirwal, he said, should have been at the Yoga Day celebration at Vidhan Bhavan.

“I’ve seen pictures of people who are larger than you doing Yoga. At the very least, he said, you could have gone to watch the leaders of the ruling alliance do some yoga poses.

NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal claimed, “Had there been able leadership in 2014, the Congress-NCP would have still been in power,” a veiled jab at senior Congress leader and former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan. They had traveled all the way from Delhi to bring down the UPA government.

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The announcement was made in the presence of Ajit Pawar, the nephew of Sharad Pawar and an important NCP player.

Pawar had last month proposed to resign from his position as party president, prompting vehement protests from party members and other political leaders.

On 5 May, an NCP panel convened to consider Pawar’s resignation proposal rejected his resignation and implored him to continue as party president.

Why Supriya Sule?

In recent years, Supriya Sule’s rise in the party has been interpreted as her father preparing her for important responsibilities. As a member of the party’s leadership, she participates in key decisions.

She maintains a hectic travel schedule across multiple districts in brief intervals and attends all events. She criticizes both the central administration and the state government led by Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis.

Last month, when Pawar offered to resign from the party presidency, Sule was the picture of composure amidst a sea of emotions expressed by party leaders who urged the NCP leader to reconsider his decision.

Sule was introduced to active politics with her September 2006 election to the Rajya Sabha. Later in 2009, she assumed representation of the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency, previously held by Pawar. She has also established Rashtravadi Yuvati Congress, a branch of young women, to communicate with the youth and establish a network throughout the state.

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Pawar has groomed a large number of youthful leaders, including his daughter, Ajit Pawar, and state NCP chief Jayant Patil, who are now the party’s top officials. However, it is unclear who will undertake the role of leader.

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While attending an event, Sharad Pawar proclaimed his resignation as national president of the NCP. He continued, “I want someone else to lead the party now…I want to focus on politics.”

The supporters of NCP leader Sharad Pawar promptly began sloganeering and demanding the resignation be retracted. In the midst of the announcement, his daughter Supriya Sule and nephew Ajit Pawar also implored the supporters to remain calm.

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After announcing his resignation, Pawar stated that a committee will be formed to designate the next party leader. The committee will include NCP leaders Supriya Sule, Ajit Pawar, Praful Patel, Chhagan Bhujbal, and Dilip Walse Patel.

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