Sharad Pawar to resign as NCP chief: Sharad Pawar on Tuesday, May 2, said he was stepping down as the chief of the Nationalist Congress Party. The NCP president made the announcement of his retirement during the release of his autobiography, "Lok Majhe Sangaayi - Political Autobiography".

"I have decided to step down as NCP president," Pawar said in a press statement. 

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