Sharad Pawar

17 Jul

Sharad Pawar, PM Modi hold a meeting on ‘issues of national interest

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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar today met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter’s residence. During the meeting which lasted for about 50 minutes, the veteran politician raised concerns about the newly-formed Ministry of Cooperation which is headed by Amit Shah, and farmers’ issues, sources in the NCP said. “Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sharad Pawar met PM Narendra Modi,” the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted, along with a photo of the two leaders meeting. Mr Pawar, who sought an appointment with PM Modi, got one for this morning. Apart from meeting PM Modi, Mr Pawar, 80, also wrote…

28 Jun

VIP Cars, Including Sharad Pawar’s, At Racetrack

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On Saturday, Sharad Pawar, the former chief of the Indian Olympics Association, visited Pune's Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex along with state Sports Minister Sunil Kedar and Minister of State Aditi Tatkare to review a project. Images of their cars parked on the racetrack were posted on Twitter by BJP MLA Siddharth Shirole." Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said today he was "very sad" to see "disrespect for sports" as he reacted to senior Maharashtra ministers and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar using a sports stadium racetrack to park their cars during a meeting in Pune. It is one thing for…