Sharad Pawar resigns as chief of NCP; Citizens and party workers urge him to reconsider

Following Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar's surprise announcement to step down, it was met with protests by party workers and leaders alike. Many of them were seen urging to continue, some were even moved to tears by his decision.

He made the announcement of his retirement during the release of his autobiography, "Lok Majhe Sangaayi - Political Autobiography".

"I know when to stop... I have set up a committee of senior NCP leaders who will decide on the next president," said Pawar, 82, flanked by his wife Pratibha.


In a surprising situation, Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule also received a similar request this morning. The request came from a sanitation worker who met her while she was out for a morning walk today morning. He requested her to urge the veteran politician to reconsider his decision.

The conversation was shared a Facebook live Sule - a senior NCP leader.

Sandesh Pawar, speaking in Marathi, can be seen requesting Pawar to withdraw his resignation in the video.
Sule also clicked selfies with Sandesh Pawar and thanked him for keeping the city's roads clean.

Sule had exactly 15 days ago hinted at "two big political explosions" in the next 15 days.

"One (explosion) in Delhi and one in Maharashtra," Supriya Sule, a senior NCP MP, told reporters, responding to Prakash Ambedkar's comment on "big political explosions in 15 days"," she had said.

Sharad Pawar, who served as Union Defence and Agriculture minister, is one of the country's top Opposition leaders and had a big role in stitching together a then unlikely alliance between Shiv Sena, Congress, and NCP to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra.

Pawar's big move comes amid intense buzz around Ajit Pawar, a former Deputy Chief Minister, warming up to the BJP.