The MVA’s debilitating loss and within that the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP)'s poor performance raises a question: What is the party's future considering he is at a ripe age of 83 years?

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday elected its president Ajit Pawar as the leader of the party in the Maharashtra Assembly. The party has won a record 41 seats after contesting

In his first reaction after MVA's rout in the Assembly polls, Sharad Pawar, the leader of NCP (SP), acknowledged that his nephew Ajit Pawar won 41 seats and said that everyone knew who founded the NCP.

Ajit Pawar defeated his nephew Yugendra Pawar, who was endorsed by 83-year-old Sharad Pawar, by a margin of over 1 lakh votes.

In the contest between the two rival NCP factions in the Maharashtra assembly elections, the Ajit Pawar-led party defeated the outfit headed by his uncle Sharad Pawar on 29 seats.

Following the Mahayuti alliance's victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections, speculation is swirling around the next chief minister. While NCP leaders hinted at the possibility of Ajit Pawar taking the helm,

The results settled the debate over which NCP faction wields greater electoral clout after the erstwhile party split in July last year

Ajit-Pawar-led NCP had won 40 seats and was leading in one more as of 9 pm. Of 37 seats where the two factions faced each other, Ajit Pawar faction won 29.

The NCP veteran further acknowledged the fact that the faction of NCP led by his nephew and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar won way more seats than the NCPSCP and said that everyone knew who founded the NCP. While speaking to the reporters in Karad,

Ajit Pawar's NCP won 41 seats out of the 59 seats it contested and took a vote share of 9.01 per cent. The Sharad Pawar faction could win just 10 seats.