Short Biography of Sharad Pawar – NCP chief

Short Biography of Sharad Pawar – NCP chief and ICC President-



Name - Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar
Born - 12 December 1940 Baramati, Maharashtra
Education – B.Com.
Profession - Agriculturist
Political party – NCP
Constituency - Baramati, Madha (Maharashtra)


Marital Status - Married
Date of Marriage - 1 August 1967
Spouse’s Name - Smt. Pratibha Pawar
Children - 1 daughter - Supriya Sule She is MP now.
Prataprao Pawar brother, Managing Director-editor, Sakal
Ajit Pawar {MLA}], his nephew

Sharad Pawar Ambition – Wants to become prime minister.


Permanent Address - House No. 142, Ambarai, Baramati,
Distt. Pune - 411 001 (Maharashtra)
Present Address - 6, Janpath New Delhi - 110 001
Tels. (011)23018619, 23018870
Fax: (011) 23018609

Sharad Pawar is the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress.

Currently Sharad Pawar is MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, CONSUMER AFFAIRS, and FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION.
He has previously held the posts of Defence Minister of India and Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Pawar also served as the Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India from 2005 to 2008. In 2010, Sharad Pawar became the International Cricket Council president.

In 1967 from Baramati, Sharad Pawar entered the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the first time through congress party.

In 1978, Vasantdada Patil was the political mentor of Sharad Pawar.

In 1978 Sharad Pawar broke from the Congress party and become the chief minister of Maharashtra by forming coalition government with Janata party.

First time Sharad Pawar won Lok Sabha election from Baramati parliamentary constituency in 1984
His party, the Indian Congress (Socialist) won 54 seats out of 288 in the state assembly and he became the leader of the opposition.

Indian Congress (Socialist) (IC(S)) was a political party in India between 1978 and 1986.
The party was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress and with many other congress politicians Sharad Pawar also joined this party including A.K. Antony, Dev Kant Baruah, Priyaranjan Das Munshi, and K. P. Unnikrishnan.

In 1981 Sharad Pawar become the President of this party and renamed it as Indian Congress (Socialist)
In 1986 Sharad Pawar and his party rejoined the Indian National Congress.
In June 1988, Prime Minister and Congress President Rajiv Gandhi decided to induct then Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan into Union Cabinet as Finance Minister and Sharad Pawar was chosen to replace Chavan as chief minister.

P.V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as Prime Minister on June 21, 1991.
Rao decided to induct Pawar as Defence Minister.
On June 26, 1991, Pawar took over as that portfolio, continuing till March 1993.
After Pawar's successor in Maharashtra, Sudhakarrao Naik stepped down, Rao sent Pawar back as chief minister of the state.
on March 6, 1993 he became chief minister of Maharashtra.
On March 12, 1993 Bombay saw, witnessed series of bomb blast

Sharad Pawar is or was president of following few organizations.
President,
•Nehru Centre, Mumbai;
•Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara;
•Vidya Pratishthan, Baramati, Pune;
•Agriculture Development Trust, Baramati;
•Y.B. Chavan Pratishthan, Mumbai; and
•V. Sugar Institute, Pune
• Maharashtra Olympic Association;
• Garware Club House;
• Maharashtra Kustigir Parishad

Legislative Career
•1967 -Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Baramati Assembly constituency from Baramati

•1967 - 1991 General Secretary of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. Secretary, Maharashtra Congress Legislative Assembly Party

•1972 - 1974 Minister Of State For Home, Food & Civil Supplies. Rehabilitation, Publicity, Sports & Youth Welfare Deptts. Of the Govt. Of Maharashtra

•1978 - 1980Chief Minister, Maharashtra

•1981 - 1984 Leader Of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. 1984 Elected Member Of Lok Sabha from Baramati Parliamentary Constituency

•1985 - 1986 Elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Congress-S)

•1991 - 1993 Defence Minister, Government Of India
•1991 November Baramati Constituency (By Election)

•1993 - 1995 Chief Minister, Maharashtra
•1996 May - Elected Member Of Parliament
•1998 March - General Election (Elected Member Of Parliament). Declared Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
•1999 May - President of Nationalist Congress Party

Its said that Sharad Pawar is the friend of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thakare. For the rise of Shiv Sena in Maharashtra Sharad Pawar is also indirectly responsible.

Sharad Pawar and Controversies –

Sharad Pawar also has close links with the underworld don, Dawood Ibrahim through his henchman Lakhan Singh based in the Middle East.
- No Proof Above is just controversy

G.R. Khairnar made a series of accusations against Pawar for being involved in corruption but he failed to produce to proof.'

After 12th Lok Sabha was dissolved and elections to 13th Lok Sabha were due, Pawar, P.A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar demanded that the Congress Party needs Indian born person and not born foreigner. They opposed the Sonia Gandhi.
But today whoever opposed the Sonia Gandhi is working with her and accepted her as chief of Indian Politics business.


In October 2006, the prime accused in the stamp paper scam worth US$ 500 Million plus, Abdul Karim Telgi, named Sharad Pawar as one of the politicians involved. This was revealed in a leaked video-tape of Telgi's narco-anlysis test - now in the possession of the media - conducted in 2003, before the CBI took over the probe in 2004. In this tape, he named Sharad Pawar and Chaggan Bhujbal but did not specify the nature of their involvement.

2007 - The BJP asked for Pawar's resignation after alleging he was involved in a multi-crore scam involving wheat imports.

On October 27, 2007, the Bombay High Court served notices to institutions headed by Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar and Sadanand Sule (Sharad Pawar's son-in-law) along with a corresponding notice served to the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation (MKVDC) on why special privileges were given to Pawar and his family. This was done in consideration of a Public Interest Litigation No. 148 of 2006, filed by Shamsunder Potare alleging that the land said allocations in Pune, made in 2002, were illegal. The institutions and properties mentioned include:

(i)Two 141.15 acre plots given allotted to Vidya Pratishthan, an educational society headed by Sharad Pawar
(ii)A 2 acre plot allotted to Anant Smriti Pratishthan, headed by Ajit Pawar, the Maharashtra state minister for irrigation and Sharad Pawar's nephew
(iii)A 13 hectare (=32.12 acres) plot allotted to Lavasa Corporation, owned by Sadanand Sule, Sharad Pawar's son-in-law at the time. He handed over his stake in 2006
(iv)A 1 acre plot allotted to Shivajinagar Agriculture College
(v)A 3 acre plot allotted to Sharadchandraji Scout and Guide Training Institute


Regarding IPL Pawar said he does not have any stake in IPL teams but later he accepted that
0.05% stake in Royal Challengers Bangalore team is alone worth 6 crores.

Pawar has the image of being untrustworthy. His abandoning his mentor Yashwantrao Chavan to win power continues to haunt him as per media reports.





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