Inside story of Shashikant Shinde becoming NCP-SP state president, how did Sharad Pawar finalize the name?:

News Topical, Digital Desk : Shashikant Shinde has been appointed as the new state president of Sharad Pawar faction's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra. After the resignation of former state president and MLA Jayant Patil, everyone's eyes were on who would be given this responsibility. On Tuesday (15 July), Sharad Pawar himself formally announced the name of Shashikant Shinde in Mumbai. Now the responsibility of ensuring a better performance for the party in the upcoming local self-government institutions (local body elections) will be on his shoulders.

Nationalist Congress Party's general meeting was held at Mumbai's Y.B. Chavan Center on Tuesday, in which Sharad Pawar, Jayant Patil, former minister Anil Deshmukh, Jitendra Awhad, Harshvardhan Patil, Shashikant Shinde and other prominent leaders were present. Many leaders expressed their views in the meeting.
During this, Anil Deshmukh proposed the name of Shashikant Shinde for the post of state president, which was unanimously approved by all the leaders. After this, Sharad Pawar announced the name of Shashikant Shinde.

What did Sharad Pawar say?
Regarding Shashikant Shinde being made the state president, Sharad Pawar said, "The name suggested by Anil Deshmukh has also been supported by MP Amol Kolhe. Only one name has emerged in this election process, that of Shashikant Shinde." With this, Sharad Pawar officially declared him the new state president of the party.

Jayant Patil had sought relief from responsibility
Let us tell you that a few days ago in a public meeting, Jayant Patil had expressed his desire to relieve himself from the responsibility of the state president. After this, Sharad Pawar also said that the name of the new state president will be considered soon. Amidst this discussion, the name of Shashikant Shinde was coming up, and now his appointment has become official.

New challenge for Shashikant Shinde
At present, the atmosphere in the state is heated regarding the elections of local self-government institutions. At such a time, Shashikant Shinde, who has taken over the responsibility of the state president, will have the challenge of taking the party to new heights. Now it remains to be seen how successful he is in this challenge.