Weeks after the party plunged into a turmoil following his bid to resign as the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief, Sharad Pawar on Saturday, 10 June, announced that his daughter and Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule, and NCP leader Praful Patel will take over as the new working presidents of the party.
The announcement came on the 25th anniversary of the party, a month after he had offered to resign from the party presidency and later backtracked.