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Sunetra Pawar Meets Prashant Kishor in Push to Steady NCP

The strategist meeting signals a bid to steady a party jolted by a filing error.

Overview

  • Sunetra Pawar and her son Parth met strategist Prashant Kishor in Mumbai on Monday, and both Parth and Kishor later said no advisory deal was in place.
  • Party spokespeople called the omission of Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare’s titles in papers sent to the Election Commission a clerical mistake and said a corrected letter will follow a core committee meeting.
  • Cross-camp meetings kept speculation alive, with state chief Sunil Tatkare calling on CM Devendra Fadnavis late Monday after he and Praful Patel met Sharad Pawar last week.
  • Sunetra Pawar has reshaped the organisation by elevating her sons Parth and Jay to the national executive and by adding younger faces to the working committee.
  • Reports floated both a potential reunion of the Ajit and Sharad Pawar factions and a possible shift by a Tatkare–Patel bloc toward the BJP, though these claims remain unverified and publicly contested.