When a 99 percent shareholder is not been made an accused in a controversial land deal but a one percent shareholder has been named as one, an investigation has some explaining to do. The Bombay High Court has now demanded that very explanation in the Mundhwa land case involving NCP MP Parth Pawar, son of the late Ajit Pawar, raising the eternal question whether political influence quietly alters the way in which the law of the land is applied. A democracy cannot have one sta

A contentious candidate selection in the Legislative Council election suggests a decisive shift in NCP’s internal balance of power Pune: Ahead of the Legislative Council elections for the Local Self-Government Constituencies, MP and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) General Secretary Parth Pawar now appears to wield decisive influence over the party’s internal decision-making. The NCP had staked its claim to the Pune Local Self-Government Constituency seat in the Legislative C

In Maharashtra’s long and complicated history of politics, very few stories are as fascinating or as layered as the silent but very real tug-of-war happening inside the Pawar family. On one side stands the patriarch, 85-year-old Sharad Pawar, one of India’s sharp political minds who has been Chief Minister of Maharashtra four times. On the other stands Parth Pawar, his grandnephew and son of the deceased Ajit Pawar, who has just been sworn in as a Rajya Sabha MP. While Sharad

Mumbai : The internal rift in the NCP has reached a deadlock that even the intervention of senior family members has struggled to resolve. Recently, a marathon meeting took place at the Devagiri residence where veterans Patel and Tatkare reportedly expressed their dissatisfaction over being kept in the dark regarding the ECI letter. While they attempted to clarify their positions, sources indicate that neither Sunetra Pawar nor her son, Rajya Sabha MP Parth Pawar, was convinc