Nationalist Congress Party | |
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| Abbreviation | NCP |
| President | Sunetra Pawar |
| Spokesperson | Sana Malik |
| Rajya Sabha Leader | Praful Patel |
| Lok Sabha Leader | Sunil Tatkare |
| Founder | Sharad Pawar P. A. Sangma Tariq Anwar |
| Founded | 10 June 1999 (26 years ago) (1999-06-10) |
| Split from | Indian National Congress |
| Headquarters | 10, Bishmabhar Marg,New Delhi,India-110001 |
| Student wing | Prashant Kailas Kadam |
| Youth wing | Dheeraj Sharma |
| Women's wing | NCP Women Wing |
| Ideology | Liberalism (Indian)[1] |
| Political position | Centre tocentre-right |
| Colours | Pink (post–2023)[2] Pacific Blue (pre–2023) |
| ECI Status | State Party[3] |
| Alliance |
Former Alliances
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 3 / 245 |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 1 / 543 |
| Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Council | 8 / 78 |
| Seats in State Legislative Assemblies | Indian states |
| Number of states and union territories in government | 2 / 31 |
| Election symbol | |
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| ncponline | |
TheNationalist Congress Party is one of thestate parties in India[4][5] and one of the major political parties inMaharashtra with a recognised state party status inNagaland andKerala.[1][6] The party has its presence in legislative assemblies ofMaharashtra andArunachal Pradesh, being in the governing coalition in both of these states. The party is also part of the current governing coalitionNational Democratic Alliance led by theBharatiya Janata Party.
The original incarnation of the party was founded in 1999 bySharad Pawar,P. A. Sangma, andTariq Anwar after a split within theIndian National Congress. After major disagreements between its leaders, the partysplit again in 2023. Two factions emerged, one led by the founder president Sharad Pawar and the otherled by his nephew Ajit Pawar.[7][6] After a legal battle, theSupreme Court of India gave judgement in favour of the faction led byAjit Pawar, which was allocated the party symbol and name. Subsequently, the Sharad Pawar led faction formed theNCP (SP). Under the leadership of Ajit Pawar, the NCP revamped itself and adopted the colorpink to associate with the party.[8][2]
The Nagaland state unit which was supporting theNDPP-BJP state government and the Jharkhand state unit of the party went with the Ajit Pawar-led NCP while the Kerala state unit of the party which was a part of theLeft Democratic Front went with the Sharad Pawar-led NCP(SP).
The NCP was formed on 10 June 1999, bySharad Pawar,P. A. Sangma, andTariq Anwar after they were expelled from theIndian National Congress on 20 May 1999, for disputing the right ofItalian-bornSonia Gandhi to lead the party.[9][10][11] When the NCP formed, theIndian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha party merged into the new party.[12]
Despite the NCP being founded on opposition to the leadership of Sonia Gandhi, the party joined the Congress-ledUnited Progressive Alliance (UPA) to form thegovernment of Maharashtra in October 1999. In 2004, the party joined the UPA to form the national government led byManmohan Singh. The NCP's leader, Sharad Pawar served as theMinister of Agriculture for both five-year terms of the Singh-led government. The party remained part of the Congress-ledMaharashtra state government until 2014.[13] On 20 June 2012, P. A. Sangma left the NCP to contestthe presidential election, which he lost.[14]
In theApril and May 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the UPA lost to the rivalNational Democratic Alliance (NDA) led byNarendra Modi and the NCP was out of government for the first time in ten years. The NCP broke its alliance with the Congress Party just before theOctober 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections to contest them on its own.[15] In the assembly election theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the largest party and formed a minority government, initially with support from the NCP.
InApril 2019, voting took place for the 48Lok Sabha seats from Maharashtra. The Congress and NCP had a seat-sharing arrangement.[16] Similarly, despite their differences, the BJP andShiv Sena once again contested the elections together under the NDA banner.[17][18] The election was another landslide victory for the NDA, with the BJP and Shiv Sena winning 23 and 18 seats, respectively, out of the total of the state's 48 Lok Sabha seats. The Congress Party won only one seat in the state whereas the NCP won five seats from its stronghold of western Maharashtra.[19]
During theOctober 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, the BJP–Shiv-Sena and NCP–Congress alliances remained intact for seat sharing. The BJP and Shiv Sena together gained the majority of seats in the assembly but could not form a government due to disagreements between the two parties. The BJP, with 105 seats, was far short of the 145 seats required to form a majority and declined to form a minority government. As a result, Shiv Sena started talks with the NCP and Congress to form a government. However, in a controversial move, on 23 November 2019, the BJP formed a government with support from the NCP, withAjit Pawar as Deputy Chief Minister. This government collapsed three days later with Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis and Pawar resigning their respective positions. Finally, the NCP came back into power at the state level as part of theMaha Vikas Aghadi coalition formed with Shiv Sena and the Congress. On 28 November 2019, the Governor of Maharashtra swore in Shiv Sena chiefUddhav Thackeray as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Thackeray's cabinet included ministers from the NCP in key portfolios.[20][21]
However, this alliance lost power in June 2022 after a rebel faction led by Shiv Sena leaderEknath Shinde gathered the support of a majority of Sena MLAs and reestablished the previous Sena-BJP coalition.[22] Subsequently, on 20 July, NCP President Sharad Pawar dissolved almost all units of the party.[23]
In July 2023, Ajit Pawar, along with many of his supporters, left the Sharad Pawar-led NCP and joined the ruling Shiv Sena-BJP government as aDeputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.[24] This caused the NCP to split into two factions, with Ajit Pawar claiming in a letter to the Election Commission that he had been elected party president on June 30.[25] In his first meeting after the split, he expressed a desire to retain the party's symbol and name, urged Sharad Pawar to retire and give opportunities to new people, and criticised many of Sharad's decisions, including the formation of a government with the Shiv Sena instead of the BJP in 2019.[26]On 7 February 2024,The Election Commission Of India (ECI) awarded the party name and symbol to the faction headed by Ajit Pawar. The faction led by Sharad Pawar will be henceforth known as Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar).[27]
| S. No. | Portrait | Name | Term start | Term end | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .jpg) | Sharad Pawar | 10 June 1999 | 2 July 2023 | 24 years, 22 days |
| 2 |  | Ajit Pawar | 30 June 2023 | 28 January 2026 | 2 years, 212 days |
| (Acting) |  | Praful Patel | 28 January 2026 | 30 January 2026 | 2 days |
| 3 | Sunetra Pawar | 31 January 2026 | Incumbent | 13 days |
NCP contested under theMaha Yuti alliance and won 41 seats of the 50 it contested as part of the alliance. Maha Yuti won 235 out of 280 seats.Ajit Pawar became deputy chief minister underDevendra Fadnavis
The election symbol of NCP is an analoguealarm clock.[28][29] The clock is drawn in blue and has two legs and an alarm button. It is situated on a tri-coloured Indian flag.[30]
The Nationalist Congress Party has been extensively criticized for several reasons such as political corruption, insensitive comments, links to the underworld, and moral policing.
NCP leaderSharad Pawar was accused of having links to the underworld. This was revealed by former Supreme Court lawyerRam Jethmalani, who had confirmed that after theMarch 1993 bombings in Bombay,Dawood Ibrahim had called him fromLondon, saying that he was prepared to come to India and stand trial, on the condition that he should not be subjected to anythird degree treatment from the police.[31] When Jethmalani had conveyed this toSharad Pawar, the political leaders in power did not agree to this proposal. As per Jethmalani, their refusal to allow Dawood's return was due to their fears that he would expose their secrets.[32][33]
In May 2005, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers stormed a pub inPune,Maharashtra, broke window panes, damaged furniture, and thrashed visitors. The move came days afterPune Police had forced five pubs to shut before the closing time of 12:30 am.[34]
On 29 November 2008, in the aftermath of theterrorist attack in Mumbai, NCP leader and Deputy Chief MinisterR.R. Patil was forced to resign after making insensitive comments after the attack. He was quoted as saying, "They (the terrorists) came to kill 5,000 people but we ensured minimal damage".[35] When asked at a press conference whether the terror strike was an intelligence failure Patil said, "It is not like that. In big cities like this, incidents like this do happen. It's is not a total failure."[36]
On 7 April 2013, NCP leaderAjit Pawar's statement at a speech inIndapur sparked controversy due to its alleged callousness. In response to a 55-day fast by activists protesting the Maharashtra governments inability to provide water during a drought, he asked whether he should "urinate into [the dam]" to make up for the lack of water in it. After a public outcry against his statement, he publicly apologized, saying that the comment was the "biggest mistake of [his] life".[37]
In 2021, Senior InspectorSachin Vaze, an encounter specialist, was arrested for his involvement in theAntilia bomb scare. Through an investigation, Vaze revealed that he was acting at the behest ofAnil Deshmukh, who was then minister of Home Affairs.[38] Vaze and Deshmukh were also involved in collecting extortion money in December 2020 from members of the Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR).[39] Deshmukh was also under investigation by theCentral Bureau of Investigation andEnforcement Directorate for money laundering, following accusations made by the former MumbaiPolice commissionerParam Bir Singh.[40]
On 23 February 2022, NCP President and leaderNawab Malik was arrested by theEnforcement Directorate in a money laundering case and his alleged links with underworld donDawood Ibrahim.[41][42] He was charged and placed under arrest under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after several hours of grilling.
On 14 May 2022, Marathi television actress Ketaki Chitale was arrested byMumbai Police for allegedly sharing an objectionable post about Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.[43] At the time of her arrest, NCP workers mobbed and attacked her and the officers who had arrested her. Chitale, who was molested, and her modesty was outraged by the NCP workers, and was later granted bail, was booked under IPC sections 500 (defamation), 501 (printing or engraving defamatory matter) and 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) of the Indian Penal Code.[44]
| Year | Lok Sabha | Seats contested | Seats won | +/- | Votes polled | % of votes | State (seats) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 13th Lok Sabha | 32 | 8 / 543 (1%) |  8 | 8,260,311 | 2.27% |
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| 2004 | 14th Lok Sabha | 32 | 9 / 543 (2%) | 1 | 7,023,175 | 1.80% |
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| 2009 | 15th Lok Sabha | 68 | 9 / 543 (2%) |  | 8,521,502 | 1.19% |
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| 2014 | 16th Lok Sabha | 36 | 6 / 543 (1%) |  3 | 8,635,558 | 1.56% |
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| 2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | 35 | 5 / 543 (0.9%) | 1 | 8,483,632 | 1.39% |
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| 2024 | 18th Lok Sabha | 4 | 1 / 543 (0.2%) | party split | 2059179 | 0.34 |
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| Year | Vidhan Sabha term | Seats contested | Votes polled | +/- | Seats won | % of votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goa Legislative Assembly | ||||||||
| 2017 | 10 | 20,916 | 1 | 1 / 40 (3%) | 2.28% | |||
| 2022 | 13 | 10,846 | 1 | 0 / 40 (0%) | 1.1% | |||
| Gujarat Legislative Assembly | ||||||||
| 2017 | 182 | 1,84,815 | 1 | 1 / 182 (0.5%) | 0.62% | |||
| 2022 | 2 | 76,949 | 1 | 0 / 182 (0%) | 0.36% | |||
| Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | ||||||||
| 2019 | 7 | 63,320 | 1 | 1 / 81 (1%) | 0.42% | |||
| 2024 | 24 | 17,846 | 1 | 0 / 81 (0%) | 0.10% | |||
| Kerala Legislative Assembly | ||||||||
| 2016 | 4 | 2,37,408 | | 2 / 140 (1%) | 1.17% | |||
| 2021 | 3 | 2,06,130 | | 2 / 140 (1%) | 0.99% | |||
| Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | ||||||||
| 1999 | 10th Vidhan Sabha | 223 | 74,25,427 | 58 | 58 / 288 (20%) | 22.60% | ||
| 2004 | 11th Vidhan Sabha | 124 | 78,41,962 | 13 | 71 / 288 (25%) | 18.75% | ||
| 2009 | 12th Vidhan Sabha | 113 | 74,20,212 | 9 | 62 / 288 (22%) | 16.37% | ||
| 2014 | 13th Vidhan Sabha | 278 | 91,22,285 | 21 | 41 / 288 (14%) | 17.24% | ||
| 2019 | 14th Vidhan Sabha | 125 | 92,16,919 | 13 | 54 / 288 (19%) | 16.71% | ||
| 2024 | 15th Vidhan Sabha | 64 | 58,16,566 | party split | 41 / 288 (14%) | 9.01% | ||
| Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | ||||||||
| 2018 | 6 | 29,287 | 1 | 1 / 60 (2%) | 1.83% | |||
| Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | ||||||||
| 2024 | 15 | 63,630 | 3 | 3 / 60 (5%) | 10.43% | |||
| No. | Name | Date of Appointment | Date of Retirement | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitin Patil | 27-Aug-2024 | Incumbent | |
| 2 | Sunetra Pawar | 18-Jun-2024 | 30-Jan-2026 | |
| 3 | Praful Patel | 21-Jun-2024 | Incumbent | |
| 05-Jul-2022 | 27-Feb-2024 | |||
| 4 | Tariq Anwar | |||
| 5 | Thomas A. Sangma | |||
| 6 | Robert Kharshiing | |||
| 7 | Majeed Memon | |||
| 8 | Vandana Chavan | |||
| 9 | Sharad Pawar | |||
| 10 | Ranjitsinh Mohite-Patil |
| List ofDeputy Chief Ministers of Maharashtra | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nos. | Portrait | Chief Minister | Term starts | Term ends | Duration | Ministry | |
| 1. | Chhagan Bhujbal | Vilasrao Deshmukh | 18-October-1999 | 23-December-2003 | 4 years 66 days | 6 years 39 days | First Deshmukh ministry |
| Sushilkumar Shinde | Sushilkumar Shinde ministry | ||||||
| Ashok Chavan | 8-December-2008 | 7-November-2009 | 1 year 338 days | First Ashok Chavan ministry | |||
| 7-November-2009 | 11-November-2010 | Second Ashok Chavan ministry | |||||
| 2. | Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil | Sushilkumar Shinde | 25-December-2003 | 1-November-2004 | 312 days | Sushilkumar Shinde ministry | |
| 3. | R. R. Patil | Vilasrao Deshmukh | 1-November-2004 | 9-December-2008 | 4 years 37 days | Second Deshmukh ministry | |
| 4. | Ajit Pawar | Prithviraj Chavan | 11-November-2010 | 25-September- 2012 | 1 year 319 days | 8 years 202 days | Prithviraj Chavan ministry |
| 7-December-2012 | 28-September-2014 | 1 year 219 days | |||||
| Devendra Fadnavis | 23-November-2019 | 26-November-2019 | 3 days | Second Fadnavis ministry | |||
| Uddhav Thackeray | 30-December-2019 | 29-June-2022 | 2 years 181 days | Thackeray ministry | |||
| Eknath Shinde | 2-July-2023 | 5-December-2024 | 1 year 156 days | Eknath Shinde ministry | |||
| Devendra Fadnavis | 5-December-2024 | 28-January-2026 (died in office) | 1 year, 54 days | Third Fadnavis ministry | |||
| 5. | Sunetra Pawar | 31-January-2026 | 13 days | Third Fadnavis ministry | |||
| List of NCP Ministers inFirst Deshmukh ministry(18-Oct-1999-16-January-2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nos. | Ministers | CM |
| Cabinet Minister | Vilasrao Deshmukh | |
| 1. | Chhagan Bhujbal | |
| 2. | Padamsinh Bajirao Patil | |
| 3. | Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil | |
| 4. | Madhukar Pichad | |
| 5. | Ajit Pawar | |
| 6. | Vikramsinh Patankar | |
| 7. | Datta Meghe | |
| 8. | Vasant Chavan | |
| 9. | Digvijay Khanvilkar | |
| 10. | R. R. Patil | |
| 11. | Dilip Walse Patil | |
| 12. | Jayant Patil | |
| Minister of State(MoS) | ||
| 13. | Arjun Tulshiram Pawar | |
| 14. | Laxam Dhoble | |
| 15. | Babasaheb Kupekar | |
| 16. | Anil Deshmukh | |
| 17. | Jaydattaji Kshirsagar | |
| 18. | Hemant Deshmukh | |
| 19. | Vimal Mundada | |
| 20. | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar | |
| 21. | Sunil Tatkare | |
| 22. | Subhash Thakre | |
| 23. | N. P. Hirani | |
| List of NCP Ministers inSushilkumar Shinde ministry(18-January-2003-1-November-2004) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nos. | Ministers | CM |
| Cabinet Minister | Sushilkumar Shinde | |
| 1. | Chhagan Bhujbal | |
| 2. | Padamsinh Bajirao Patil | |
| 3. | Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil | |
| 4. | Ajit Pawar | |
| 5. | Vikramsinh Patankar | |
| 6. | Vasant Chavan | |
| 7. | R. R. Patil | |
| 8. | Jayant Patil | |
| List of NCP Ministers inSecond Deshmukh ministry(1-November-2004-10-December-2008) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nos. | Ministers | CM |
| Cabinet Minister | Vilasrao Deshmukh | |
| 1. | Chhagan Bhujbal | |
| 2. | Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil | |
| 3. | Ajit Pawar | |
| 4. | R. R. Patil | |
| 5. | Dilip Walse Patil | |
| 6. | Jayant Patil | |
| 7. | Ganesh Naik | |
| 8. | Suresh Jain | |
| 9. | Nawab Malik | |
| 10. | Manohar Naik | |
| 11. | Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit | |
| 12. | Babanrao Pachpute | |
| 13. | Anil Deshmukh | |
| 14. | Vimal Mundada | |
| 15. | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar | |
| 16. | Sunil Tatkare | |
| List of NCP Ministers inFirst Ashok Chavan ministry(1-November-2009-10-December-2008) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nos. | Ministers | CM |
| Cabinet Minister | Ashok Chavan | |
| 1. | Chhagan Bhujbal | |
| 2. | Ajit Pawar | |
| 3. | R. R. Patil | |
| 4. | Dilip Walse Patil | |
| 5. | Jayant Patil | |
| 6. | Ganesh Naik | |
| 7. | Ramesh Bang | |
| 8. | Nawab Malik | |
| 9. | Manohar Naik | |
| 10. | Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit | |
| 11. | Babanrao Pachpute | |
| 12. | Vimal Mundada | |
| 13. | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar | |
| 14. | Sunil Tatkare | |
| 15. | Rajendra Shingne | |
| 16. | Rajesh Tope | |
| List of NCP Ministers inSecond Ashok Chavan ministry(1-November-2004-10-December-2008) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nos. | Ministers | CM |
| Cabinet Minister | Ashok Chavan | |
| 1. | Chhagan Bhujbal | |
| 2. | R. R. Patil | |
| 3. | Jayant Patil | |
| 4. | Ganesh Naik | |
| 5. | Ajit Pawar | |
| 6. | Anil Deshmukh | |
| 7. | Sunil Tatkare | |
| 8. | Laxmanrao Dhobale | |
| 9. | Jaydattaji Kshirsagar | |
| 10. | Manohar Naik | |
| 11. | Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit | |
| 12. | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar | |
| 13. | Babanrao Pachpute | |
| 14. | Rajesh Tope | |
| Minister of State(MoS) | ||
| 15. | Bhaskar Jadhav | |
| 16. | Prakashdada Solanke | |
| 17. | Sachin Ahir | |
| 18. | Fouzia Khan | |
| 19. | Gulabrao Baburao Deokar | |
| List of NCP Ministers inPrithviraj Chavan ministry(11-November-2010-16-September-2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nos. | Ministers | CM |
| Cabinet Minister | Prithviraj Chavan | |
| 1. | Chhagan Bhujbal | |
| 2. | Ajit Pawar | |
| 3. | R. R. Patil | |
| 4. | Sunil Tatkare | |
| 5. | Jayant Patil | |
| 6. | Hasan Mushrif | |
| 7. | Jaydattaji Kshirsagar | |
| 8. | Jitendra Awhad | |
| 9. | Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit | |
| 10. | Anil Deshmukh | |
| 11. | Rajesh Tope | |
| 12. | Shashikant Shinde | |
| 13. | Babanrao Pachpute | |
| 14. | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar | |
| 15. | Madhukar Pichad | |
| 16. | Laxman Dhobale | |
| Minister of State(MoS) | ||
| 17. | Uday Samant | |
| 18. | Bhaskar Jadhav | |
| 19. | Prakashdada Solanke | |
| 20. | Sachin Ahir | |
| 21. | Fouzia Khan | |
| 22. | Gulabrao Deokar | |
| List of NCP Ministers inSecond Fadnavis ministry(23-November-2019-28-November-2019) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nos. | Ministers | CM |
| Cabinet Minister | Devendra Fadnavis | |
| 1. | Ajit Pawar | |
| List of NCP Ministers inUddhav Thackeray ministry(28-November-2019-29-June-2022) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nos. | Ministers | CM |
| Cabinet Minister | Uddhav Thackeray | |
| 1. | Chhagan Bhujbal | |
| 2. | Ajit Pawar | |
| 3. | Dilip Walse Patil | |
| 4. | Dhananjay Munde | |
| 5. | Jayant Patil | |
| 8. | Jitendra Awhad | |
| 9. | Nawab Malik | |
| 10. | Anil Deshmukh | |
| 11. | Rajesh Tope | |
| 12. | Rajendra Shingne | |
| 13. | Shamrao Pandurang Patil | |
| 14. | Hasan Mushrif | |
| Minister of State(MoS) | ||
| 15. | Prajakt Tanpure | |
| 16. | Dattatray Vithoba Bharne | |
| 17. | Sanjay Bansode | |
| 18. | Aditi Tatkare | |
| List of NCP Ministers inEknath Shinde ministry(3-July-2023-5-December-2024) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nos. | Ministers | CM |
| Cabinet Minister | Eknath Shinde | |
| 1. | Chhagan Bhujbal | |
| 2. | Ajit Pawar | |
| 3. | Dilip Walse Patil | |
| 4. | Dhananjay Munde | |
| 5. | Aditi Tatkare | |
| 6. | Sanjay Bansode | |
| 7. | Dharamrao Baba Atram | |
| 8. | Anil Bhaidas Patil | |
| 9. | Hasan Mushrif | |
| List of NCP Ministers inThird Fadnavis ministry(5-December-2024-till date) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nos. | Ministers | CM |
| Cabinet Minister | Devendra Fadnavis | |
| 1. | Ajit Pawar | |
| 2. | Hasan Mushrif | |
| 3. | Chaggan Bhujbal | |
| 4. | Aditi Tatkare | |
| 5. | Babasaheb Patil | |
| 6. | Makrand Jadhav - Patil | |
| 7. | Narhari Zirwal | |
| 8. | Manikrao Kokate | |
| 9. | Dattatray Vithoba Bharne | |
| Minister of State(MoS) | ||
| 10. | Indranil Naik | |
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