Ncp Pune Mlc Nomination Row Vikram Kakade Rebellion

For the first time since Ajit Pawar s death on January 28, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is facing a severe internal crisis in Pune district, Maharashtra. A large section of the party s top leadership has revolted over the sudden nomination of Vikram Ka... For the first time since Ajit Pawar’s death on January 28, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is facing a severe internal crisis in Pune district, Maharashtra. A large section of the party’s top leadership has revolted over the sudden nomination of Vikram Kakade for the upcoming Legislative Council (MLC) seat. Breaking away from traditional party discipline, senior leaders have openly criticised the candidate selection process. NCP insiders note that this level of “mass rebellion” was completely unprecedented during Ajit Pawar’s lifetime. While multiple senior leaders have aired their grievances publicly, one high-ranking official has already resigned, arguing that organisational loyalty has lost its value under the new dispensation led by national president Sunetra Pawar. According to party insiders, the main source of resentment stems from the influential role played by Sunetra Pawar’s elder son, Rajya Sabha MP Parth Pawar, in selecting the candidate. While NCP state president Sunil Tatkare was preoccupied with securing a nomination for his own son in Raigad district, Sunetra Pawar reportedly delegated the selection of the Pune candidate to Parth. The decision to pick a newcomer over seasoned loyalists has alienated the party’s grassroots rank and file. Resigning from his post as working president of the Parvati Assembly constituency in Pune, Ramdas Gade-Patil said, “I have resigned from my position as Working President because there is no place for loyalists in the party. In the past, Sanjay Kakade, father of Vikram Kakade, worked to split the NCP. Giving a ticket to the son of that same Sanjay Kakade is wrong. I have resigned from my post as Working President because Vikram Kakade has been given the candidature.” In the letter, Patil added, “Today, the wrong candidate was announced for the local self-government constituency of the Legislative Council. We staked everything to grow the NCP, remained loyal to the party for 30 years, and even went into debt for its sake. And yet, if the party is giving a ticket to the son of Sanjay Kakade, the same man who broke the party in 2017, poached our two-term corporators to take them into the BJP, provided them with resources, stabbed Ajit Dada in the back, and went and sat in Devendra Fadnavis’s lap, then what value is left for loyal workers like us in the party? Therefore, I am hereby submitting my resignation from all my posts to you.” Speaking to The Indian Express, Sunil Tingare, former city president of the NCP, who filed his nomination as a rebel candidate, said, ”All senior leaders were taken aback when the name of Vikram Kakade was announced. If the party had picked up any of us, we would have had no problem. But the moment Vikram Kakade’s name was announced, we all felt let