State NCP chief Sunil Tatkare leaves deputy CM Sunetra Pawar’s official residence in Mumbai after the meeting on Tuesday night
The meeting ended at 10.30pm and official comments by NCP state president Sunil Tatkare skirted this issue, focusing instead on “drought in several parts of the state and steps that ministers need to take post-Diwali”. They also asked if the finance portfolio would be returned to NCP,” Tatkare said. He has been trying to influence almost every decision without taking seniors into confidence,” a senior lawmaker from NCP told TOI . Sunetra had failed to take corrective measures despite their requests, according to NCP functionaries. A senior member of NCP told TOI , “Recently, some appointments were made nationally and in Mumbai which were not unanimous. Party sources said the decisions were unilaterally taken by Parth without consulting senior leaders. NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal had publicly said that he was unaware of the appointments and learnt about them only through media reports.
“Party continues to work unitedly under Sunetra Pawar’s leadership. Some MLAs complained that they were not getting adequate funds from govt departments. Members at the meeting questioned recent appointments to party posts as well as the functioning of Parth. “After Ajit Pawar’s death, the party unanimously selected Sunetra vahini as the next chief. However, issues started cropping up with growing interference in the party’s functioning by Parth. There are discussions within the party that Parth wanted to bring in some new faces by sidelining some old members in the state cabinet in a reshuffle. Following some of these appointments, prominent NCP members had met Union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi. The NCP veteran was referring to the appointments made last week when Umesh Patil replaced Brijesh Shrivastava as the party’s chief spokesperson and Zeeshan Siddique was named Mumbai unit president. several changes, such as restarting the practice of holding a janta darbar at the party office in Mumbai and weekly meetings with MLAs and MLCs, have resumed While the outcome of Tuesday’s meeting was yet to be determined.
Pune: Discontent among NCP seniors over Rajya Sabha member Parth Pawar’s growing role in the party’s decision-making was at the core of a discussion chaired by its president and deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar at her official residence in Mumbai on Tuesday. These changes, party sources said, were part of the agenda discussed at the core committee meeting on Monday.