How Sharad Pawar’s power and politics increased? Know the complete political journey of NCP leader

Sharad Pawar Profile: Rajya Sabha MP and NCP Chief Sharad Pawar announced his resignation at a book release program on Tuesday (May 2). However, along with this announcement, statements are coming out from all NCP leaders requesting them to withdraw their resignations. From Maharashtra to the center of power Delhi, the tinge of Sharad Pawar’s politics has been felt. The political journey of Pawar, who had a political career of more than five decades, started from student politics.

Sharad Pawar, who was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra four times, had also handled two big ministries in the Central Government. The political maneuvers and strategies of the NCP leader have always attracted the attention of the people. Born on 12 December 1940 in Baramati village near Satara, Sharad Pawar is 82 years old. Let’s know how his political journey has been so far…

started with student politics

In 1956, Sharad Pawar took out a demonstration march to Pravaranagar in Maharashtra after Goa became independent, which was the first step towards his political journey. In 1958, Sharad Pawar joined the youth wing of the Congress and expressed his support for the party. In 1962 itself, four years after joining the Congress, he was made the president of the youth unit in Pune district. For many years to come, Pawar held many important positions in the youth wing of the Congress and his roots in the party deepened.

Youngest CM of Maharashtra

In 1967, at the age of only 27, Sharad Pawar was declared the Congress candidate from Baramati in the Maharashtra assembly elections. Sharad Pawar won the election and continued to win elections from Baramati for many years. MLA Pawar, who does politics in rural areas, raised the issue of drought in Maharashtra loudly. Along with this, Pawar was very much involved in the political activities in cooperative sugar mill and other cooperative societies.

After the election of the President in 1969, when Indira Gandhi was expelled from the Congress party. After this, Sharad Pawar along with Yashwantrao Chavan joined Indira Gandhi’s faction of Congress. In 1975-77, Pawar was handling the Home Ministry in the Shankarrao Chavan government of Maharashtra. After a few years, there was a split again in the Congress party. During this, Sharad Pawar stood in the court of Congress (U). In 1978, the Congress (I) and the Congress (U) contested the elections separately in Maharashtra. However, after the elections, both the factions together formed the government of Vasantdada Patil. In this government, Pawar held the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Labour.

At the age of 38, Sharad Pawar left the Congress (U) and formed the government with the Janata Party. With this, Pawar became the youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra in 1978. However, after Indira Gandhi returned to power in 1980, this government became a minority. In 1983, Pawar was made the President of the Congress (I) in Maharashtra and became an MP from the Baramati Lok Sabha seat. In 1985, Pawar once again contested the assembly elections from Baramati and won. He expressed his desire to remain in the politics of Maharashtra and resigned from the membership of the Lok Sabha.

Journey from Ministry of Defense to Ministry of Agriculture

In 1988, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi made Maharashtra CM Shankarrao Chavan a minister at the Center. With this, Sharad Pawar became the CM of Maharashtra for the second time. In 1990, Pawar faced a tough challenge from the BJP and the Shiv Sena, yet he became the CM for the third time from the Congress. In 1991, Pawar was given the charge of Defense Ministry in PM Narasimha Rao’s cabinet and he held this position till 1993.

In March 1993, the then CM of Maharashtra Sudhakarrao Naik had to resign due to political pressure due to the Mumbai riots. With this, Sharad Pawar became the CM of Maharashtra for the fourth time. By the time Shiv Sena and BJP formed the government in Maharashtra in 1995, he had to resign. In 1996, he was elected Lok Sabha MP from Baramati.

rebellion against congress

In 1999, Sharad Pawar was thrown out of the Congress along with PA Sangma and Tariq Anwar. He was accused of opposing the decision to make Sonia Gandhi the Congress President. In June this year, Pawar along with Sangma formed the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). However, in 1999 itself, NCP supported Congress to keep BJP-Shiv Sena away from power.

In 2004, Sharad Pawar became the Agriculture Minister in the UPA government. In 2009 also this ministry remained with him. However, with the victory of the BJP-led NDA in 2014, Pawar lost the central ministry. Not only this, the NCP had to face defeat in the 2014 Maharashtra assembly elections as well. In this election of Maharashtra, BJP emerged as the single largest party.

After the 2019 assembly election results, Shiv Sena broke the alliance with BJP. Sharad Pawar formed this Mahavikas Aghadi alliance of NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena. Uddhav Thackeray was the CM in this coalition government. However, Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde This government fell due to factional rebellion. Sharad Pawar was elected MP in Rajya Sabha in 2020. Pawar’s name is still coined in Maharashtra politics.

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