Sharad Pawar Birthday
Nationalist Congress Party holds over 400 virtual rallies on Sharad Pawar's birthday
Pune/UNI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is celebrating Sharad Pawar’s 80th Birthday by holding around 400 virtual rallies and a slew of programs, including blood donation camps and job fairs.
The Maharashtra government has launched a rural development scheme named Sharad Pawar Gram Samruddhi Yojana to commemorate the most senior political leader of the state.
The scheme will be implemented under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNRES).
The State government is also launching a digital platform on Saturday, allowing people with disabilities to register for their needs, such as hearing aid, battery-operated wheelchair, prosthesis, Braille kits, and those who believe in charity can also register and donate. The portal will be called www.mahasharad.in
Apart from this, a celebration program has been organised by the NCP at YB Chavan Centre in Mumbai with a limited number of people attending, keeping the need to maintain social distancing amid the Covid-19 pandemic in mind. Pawar will be present along with friends and family at this function.
The party has asked leaders and workers to attend the program through virtual rallies.
Pawar is seen as the glue and the force holding the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government, comprising Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, together.
The three-party coalition government in the state to keep the BJP away from power was his brainchild. Both the NCP and the Congress were facing mass exodus last year and the coalition was seen as a survival strategy.
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