This phenomenon is seen from national level down to district level. Also since the 1980s, Indian politics has become dynastic, possibly due to the absence of a party organization, independent civil society associations that mobilize support for the party, and centralized financing of elections. The party's primary base is the state of Maharashtra and leadership reflects that.
It is situated on a tri-coloured Indian flag. The clock is drawn in blue and has two legs and an alarm button. The election symbol of NCP is an analogue clock. Malik compared this to German reunification: "If the Berlin wall can be demolished then why not India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together?" Party symbol The Mumbai President of the Nationalist Congress Party Nawab Malik said that the NCP advocates for Indian reunification, that "India, Pakistan and Bangladesh should be merged". The cabinet includes ministers from NCP in key portfolios. Thackeray's governing coalition includes Shiv Sena, NCP, INC, and a number of independent members of legislative assembly. On 28 November 2019, the governor of Maharashtra swore in Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena chief, as the new chief minister of Maharashtra. This government collapsed three days later with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar resigning their respective positions. However, in a dramatic and controversial move, on 23 November 2019, the BJP formed a government with support from NCP, with Ajit Pawar as Deputy Chief Minister. At the same time, Shiv Sena started talks with the NCP and Congress to form government. The BJP, with 105 seats, was far short of the 145 seats required to form majority and declined to form a minority government. The BJP and Shiv Sena together gained the majority of seats in the assembly but could not form government due to squabbles between the two parties. This followed the Vidhan sabha elections in October 2019 where the BJP–Shiv-Sena and NCP–Congress alliances remained intact for seat sharing.
In November 2019 after a month of political drama, the NCP came back into power at the state level as part of a coalition formed between Shiv Sena, the Congress and NCP.
The Congress party won only one seat in the state whereas the NCP won five seats from its stronghold of western Maharashtra. The election was another landslide victory for the NDA, with the BJP and Shiv Sena winning 23 and 18 seats, respectively, out of the total of the state's 48 Lok Sabha seats. Similarly, despite their differences, the BJP and Shiv Sena once again contested the elections together under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) banner. The Congress and NCP had a seat-sharing arrangement. In April 2019, voting took place for the 48 Lok Sabha seats from Maharashtra. In the assembly election the BJP emerged as the largest party and formed a minority government initially with support from NCP. NCP broke its alliance with the Congress party just before Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections in 2014 to contest on its own. In May 2014 Lok Sabha, the UPA lost to the rival NDA alliance led by Narendra Modi and the NCP was out of government for the first time in ten years. Sangma quit the NCP to contest in presidential polls. The party remained part of the Congress led Maharashtra state government until 2014. NCP leader, Sharad Pawar served as the Minister of Agriculture for both five-year terms of Singh led government. In 2004, the party joined the UPA to form the Indian Government led by Manmohan Singh. ĭespite the NCP being founded on opposition to the leadership of Sonia Gandhi, the party joined the Congress led UPA to form government of Maharashtra in October 1999. At the time of formation of the NCP, the Indian Congress (Socialist) party merged with the new party. Sangma, and Tariq Anwar after they were expelled from the Indian National Congress (INC) on, for disputing the right of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi to lead the party. The NCP was formed on, by Sharad Pawar, P.