Former Union Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) working president Praful Patel on Tuesday (Febuary 3, 2026) said that he was not in the race for the position of national president of the NCP. That responsibility should be handed over to Sunetra Pawar, wife of the late NCP leader Ajit Pawar, Mr. Patel said.
Mr. Patel met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday, where they discussed the situation in Maharashtra, senior sources told The Hindu.
