Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Maharashtra unit chief Jayant Patil on Wednesday said since the party was in power for a long time, little emphasis was given to the principles on which it was built as the focus was on power, reported news agency PTI.

Addressing party workers on the first day of the NCP's two-day conclave at Shirdi in Ahmednagar district, Jayant Patil said the party is firmly grounded on the ideals of social reformers Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Dr B R Ambedkar, reported PTI.