NCP commmittee resolution rejects Sharad Pawar's resignation as party chief

The Nationalist Congress Party on Friday passed a resolution rejecting Sharad Pawars resignation as party chief and has requested him to continue to lead the party that he foundedAccording to sources the decision was taken after a partys core committee met this morning to decide on the new national president of the NCP following Sharad Pawars decision to step down from the postNCP leaders Ajit Pawar and Supriya Sule along were seen arriving at the party office in Mumbai to attend the meeting Several top leaders of the party will attend the meeting which sources said will decide the future of Maharashtra politics and the NCPThe 18member committee that met today comprised of Praful Patel Sunil Tatkare KK Sharma Ajit Pawar Jayant Patil Supriya Sule Chhagan Bhujbal Dilip Walse Patil Anil Deshmukh Rajesh Tope Jitendra Awhad Hasan Mushrif Dhananjay Munde Jaidev Gaikwad Narhari Jhirwal Fauzia Khan President Nationalist Mahila Congress Dheeraj Sharma President Nationalist Youth CongressNCP workers were seen raised slogans in support of Sharad Pawar urging him to reconsider his decisionSharad Pawar had on Tuesday announced his resignation from the party presidents postHis nephew Ajit Pawar supported the formers decision saying that the next party chief will work under Sharad PawarThe statement was instantly met with emotional protests from party workers and leaders who urged the veteran MP to reverse his decisionNCP state president Jayant Patil had said that even though Sharad Pawar has taken the decision people from acorss Maharashtra and other places people are requesting him to take back his decisionI have conveyed message of party leaders and workers All sections of Maharashtra have requested Pawar Saheb to take back his decision atleast for next elections Patil said yesterdayThe NCP State president said that several people have joined NCP because Sharad Pawar is head of the party We have explained all this to Sharad Pawar Therefore everyone is requesting Pawar Saheb to take back his decisionAfter Pawar announced that he was quitting as NCP chief some office bearers in the state said they would also quit their posts and asked the leader to reconsider his decisionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever