Confident you will overcome struggles: Supriya Sule on father Sharad Pawar's birthday

On the occasion of Nationalist Congress Party NCP President Sharad Pawars 83rd birthday his daughter and NCP MP Supriya Sule expressed confidence in his ability to overcome challenges and succeed in testing timesThe Sharad Pawarfounded Nationalist Congress Party split earlier this year after his nephew Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath ShindeBJP government in the state as deputy chief ministerIn a post on X Sule said her father hit the streets in Nashik on Monday to raise the issue of onion farmers Sule said she is doing the same in Parliament by discharging her role as the Lok Sabha member from BaramatiOn Monday farmers in Nashik staged a protest against the Centres decision to ban the export of onions till March 31 2024Extending good wishes to her father Sule said ldquoWe are all confident that you will overcome the struggles in these trying times We will fight and winShiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray also met Sharad Pawar in Nagpur on the occasion of his birthdayAlso read Deputy CM Ajit Pawar says will consider his stance on old pension schemeMay he be blessed with a long and healthy life PM Modi extends birthday greetings to Sharad PawarMeanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended his greetings to Nationalist Congress Party NCP chief Sharad Pawar on his 83rd birthdayTaking to the social media platform X PM Narendra Modi said My best wishes to Shri Sharad Pawar Ji on his birthday May he be blessed with a long and healthy lifePawar founded the NCP in 1999 He became an MLA for the first time at the young age of 27 before becoming the youngest Chief Minister of the state at the age of 38 in 1978 The fourtime chief minister of Maharashtra has also served as Defence Minister He was Agriculture Minister in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Manmohan SinghHe was the first and former president of the Nationalist Congress Party NCP which was founded in 1999 after separating from the Indian National CongressSharad Pawar founded the NCP after his ouster from Congress He Tariq Anwar and PA Sangma raised a revolt in the Congress Working Committee on the issue of Sonia Gandhis foreign origin leading to a split in the party NCP soon earned the recognition of a national party after registering its presence in the states of Maharashtra Goa Meghalaya and Manipur However it lost the tag this yearPawar belongs to rural Maharashtra and is sometimes referred to as Chanakya in political circles He played a crucial role in the formation of Maha Vikas Aghadi the alliance between Congress Shiv Sena and NCPMaharashtra is set to undergo polls next year The Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising the Shiv Sena NCP and Congress which came to power in the state collapsed after Eknath Shinde revolted and joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP along with MLAs of Shiv SenaThis led to the formation of the Shiv Sena Eknath Shinde factionBJP government in the stateA year later Ajit Pawar from the NCP revolted against his party chief and joined hands with the BJP along with some of his party colleaguesThe state is now run by the Mahayuti alliance comprising the BJP Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP With inputs from agencies