Sharad Pawar’s NCP removes all spokespersons

The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) on Tuesday removed all its spokespersons from their posts.

Until new appointments are made, party leaders Vidya Chavan and Mahesh Tapase will serve as the official spokespersons, said the Sharad Pawar-led faction of the NCP in a social media post.

पक्षाचे प्रदेशाध्यक्ष तथा माजी मंत्री मा. श्री. शशिकांत शिंदे यांच्या मान्यतेने, आज दि. ४ ऑगस्ट २०२६ पासून यापूर्वी पक्षाच्या प्रवक्तापदासाठी करण्यात आलेल्या सर्व नियुक्त्या पुढील आदेश होईपर्यंत तत्काळ प्रभावाने रद्द करण्यात येत आहेत.

तसेच, या कालावधीत माजी आमदार मा. श्रीमती… pic.twitter.com/CLlH87a5pt— Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar (@NCPspeaks) August 4, 2026

The development came after Shashikant Shinde, the party’s Maharashtra unit chief, began a statewide tour to review the functioning and organisational structure of the NCP(SP), reported The Indian Express.

Shinde also appointed Sushil Borde as president of the student wing, Vishal Wakadkar as youth wing chief and Ram Rathod as head of the teachers’ cell.

Speculations about merger

The organisational overhaul follows media reports in July that some leaders in the Sharad Pawar-led party were in favour of a tie-up with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra.

The speculation intensified after leaders of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP faction, which is part of the state’s ruling coalition, and the NCP(SP) held a meeting at Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ residence.

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