NCP leaders express discontent in core committee meeting after talks with Amit Shah

Senior leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have expressed dissatisfaction with the party's leadership under Sunetra and Parth Pawar. The group recently met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss internal governance issues.
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Internal party friction in Maharashtra could impact the stability of the ruling coalition and future political alliances in India.
Mumbai In a core committee meeting of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar called on Monday evening (November 2, 2026), senior leaders are learnt to have expressed discontent about the style of the party’s internal functioning. The meeting lasted three hours and will be followed by a meeting of all elected legislators of the party on Tuesday (November 3, 2026). https://www.thehindu.com/topic/nationalist-congress-party/ On Sunday night (November 1, 2026), six senior NCP leaders met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and are learnt to have informed him about their unhappiness with the party’s functioning under the leadership Sunetra Pawar, who is the national president of the NCP, and her son, Parth Pawar.
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