Nationalist Congress Party

Nationalist Congress Party
Leader	Sharad Pawar
Founded	1999
Headquarters	10, Bishambhar Das Marg, New Delhi - 110001
Ideology	Populist
Alliance	United Progressive Alliance
Website
http://www.ncp.org.in
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The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is a growing Indian political party.

Background

It was formed on May 25, 1999, by Sharad Pawar, P.A. Sangma, and Tariq Anwar after they were expelled from the Indian National Congress (INC) following their differences over a person of foreign origin becoming the Prime Minister of India. P.A. Sangma, however, later quit the NCP over differences with Sharad Pawar on NCP's closing in with the INC.

Owning to its leaders' respective support bases, particularly Sharad Pawar, NCP has significant presence in the state of Maharashtra. It is now the fastest growing party in India truley representing the middle class of India. It started its presence is many states by winning couple of assembly election initially. Now it has grown in confidence and is filling more candidates for elections.

The NCP advertises itself as a progressive, secular party that stands for "democracy, Gandhian secularism, equity, social justice, and federalism." It positions itself as a moderate, left-leaning alternative to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the INC. The party's election symbol is an analog clock that reads 10:10.

Since 2004 NCP is a member of the United Progressive Alliance, which governs the country. The party is also a coalition partner in the state of Maharashtra in alliance with INC.

Political Presence

The NCP members are present in following provinces in India

  1. Andhra Pradesh
  2. Arunachal Pradesh
  3. Bihar
  4. Chhattisgarh
  5. Goa
  6. Gujarat
  7. Haryana
  8. Himachal Pradesh
  9. Jharkhand
 10. Karnataka
 11. Kerala
 12. Madhya Pradesh
 13. Maharashtra
 14. Manipur
 15. Meghalaya
 16. Punjab
 17. Tamil Nadu
 18. Uttar Pradesh

Part Symbol

A table clock set at standard 0:10 am.

Prominent Leaders

• K. Karunakaran Former Chief Minister of Kerla
• Praful Patel Aviation Minister
• K MuralidharanPresident of Kerla Unit
• Swaran Singh Punjab Unit President
• Dr.Willfred de Souza President of Goa Unit
• K Prabhakar Reddy-President of AP unit
• Novel Verma, MLA -President of Chattisgarh Unit
• Jayant Patel President of Gujarat Unit
• Arun Gujarathi President of Maharahtra Unit
• Robert Khasling, President of Meghalaya Unit
• Dr Ramesh Dikshit, President of UP Unit
• Dilip Das, President of West Bengal Unit
• G Parthasarathy, President of Tamil Nadu Unit
• DP Tripathi
• PA Sangama
• Tariq Anwar
• Supriya Sule
• Najmudin Bookwala
• Dilip Walse Patil
• Tindivanam Ramamurthee President of TJC

Prominent Youth Leaders

• Sheetal Mehta President of India Youth
• Dilip Tipsae-President of Maharahstra Youth

Members joining from Other Political Parties

• BJP
• Shiv Sena
• Indian National Congress
• Janata Dal
• Nationalist Trinamool Congress
• Democratic Indira Congress

NCP Policies

• Establishment of a national agricultural policy
• Establishment of a national policy to empower women
• Review and revision to the national health policy to add a separate sub-component on women's health
• Integrated implementation of a national nutrition policy to merge and coordinate various services provided by different government departments and agencies.
• Citizenship law reform to stipulate that high offices in government be confined to natural-born Indian citizens "(see, Sonia Gandhi)".
• Reserving for women one-third of the seats in parliament and in state legislatures.
• Enactment of a competition law to protect against corrupt practices
• Enactment of a bio-diversity law to protect bio-diversity and intellectual property.
• Enactment of a law establishing an independent telecasting authority.

Same name Parties outside India

• Japan
• Kenya
• UK
• Sudan

See also

• Politics of India
• List of political parties in India

[1] Official NCP website