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NATIONAL CONVENTION NEW DELHI
29th and 30th of May, 2003

Parliamentary Presence :

NCP has eight party members in the Lok Sabho and four members in the Rajya Sabha.

Party is a partner in the coalition government in Maharashtra with our party leader Shri Arun Gujrati as Speaker of Assembly and Shri Chhagan Bhujbol as Deputy Chief Minister. In Meghalaya where we had been heading a coalition government until the recenl elections to the assembly, now we are the major opposition party in the assembly with sixteen MLAs. Besides, our party members were elected to the State Assemblies of Kerala, Goo, Haryana, Uftaranchal, Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

We contested the Assembly Elections also in Gujarat, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Utrar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Tripura, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu. In Gujarat, though we could nol win any seat, we could collect good number of votes in most of fhe constituencies and established the third position in the state as a political party. We could collect decisive number of votes in as many as 25 constituencies with fhe result that Congress(l) lost in all fhose constituencies. We had offered to cooperate with all secular parties including Congress(l) in Gujarat, so as to slop BJP coming back to power again in Gujarat. The Congress(l) was defianf to any understanding with secular parties. It was this attirude of the Congress (I) that helped BJP to come back to power in Gujarat.

In Meghalayo, where we had hoped to be fhe leading group in the Assembly, the manipulations and me venomous propaganda made by some vested interests affected our chance, Bui 14 of our official candidafes gol elected which was two more than the number we had in the dissolved assembly. Now we have 16 members in the Meghalaya Assembly wilh two independents also in our Parliamentary group.

In certain states like Nagaland, we lost one seat by a small margin of 34 votes. In many states, we have contested local body elections wifh some success. In Maharashtra, we have emerged as fhe leading parry securing the highest number of seats in fhe elections fo local bodies including Zila Parishads leaving all other national and regional parties far behind.

We have our Mayor in Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Recenly in fhe election to fhe newly formed Municipal Council Kankavli, a strong hold of Sivosena Chief, Rama, we have won with 15 seats out of the total of 17. We have also won the control of the Gamner Municipal Council with 13 out of 20 seats. We have also won majority in the election fo the Pimpri Chanuchaud Municipal Corporation.

We have won all fhe bye-elecfions, we contested in Maharashtra.

International Assignments of our Leaders :


Shri Sharad Pawar's Assignments :

Our Presidenf Shri Sharad Pawar has great international acceptance and has taken up many assignments abroad. He was invited to Washington to participate in a conference on "The Role of New Technologies for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development".

He was member of a Parliamentary delegation to attend a conference of presiding officers of the National Parliaments at the United Nations General Assembly, New York.

He was a member of the Indian Parliamentary delegation to the 103rd Inter Parliamentary union Conference in Amman, Jordan.

He was invited to attend the Microsoft Government Leaders' Conference at The Westin, Seattle, USA.

He led the Indian Parliamentary delegation to Geneva to attend a conference on "International Trade for a Free, just and Equitable and Multi-Lateral Trading System : Providing a Parliamentary Dimension".

As Vice Chairman, National Committee on Dasaster Management, Hon'ble President, NCP Shri Shared Pawar, MP led High Level Delegations to USA, Australia, New Zealand, japan, Thailand, Singapore, Turkey and Switzerland between 2001 and 2003.

Shri P.A. Sangma's Assignments :

Shri P.A. Sangma had chaired the meeting of the Commonwealth Observer group constituted for the Presidential elections in Gambia, a prestigious assignment conferred on him by the Secretary General of Commonwealth countries.

Shri P.A.Sangma also attended an international conference on Federalism organised by the Federal Council and Conference of Cantonal Governments of Switzerland from 27th to 30th August, 2002. This was a prestigious conference, the plenary of which was attended and addressed by several heads of Governments. He was honoured in the conference by giving an opportunity to make a case statement on India on the subject of tax competition and Tax cooperation.

In recognition of Shri Sangma's experience as Speaker and his constitutional expertise, he had been nominated as one of the members of the 'Constitutional Review Commission" headed by Justice Venkatachelliah. Shri Sangma had made remarkable contribution to the deliberations of the Commission. But he resigned from the 'Commission' when the Chairman of the Commission refused to entertain a suggestion presented by him to bar people of foreign origin From adorning the top most positions in the government.

Support for Adivasi Struggle for land :

Shri P.A. Sangma had visited "Mulhanga" in Kerala, where the police had opened fire on the Adivasis, who had been agitating for implementation of the agreement, the Chief Minister had made with the leaders of Adivasi Gram Maha Sabha for distributing land to the landless Advasi families whose land had been a iionated by powerful sections of the community with the support of the parties in power all these years after independence, killing one on the spot and a number of them missing in the fares). This visit was o boost to the Adivasi for fight land and it gave their struggle a national perspective.

Rashtrawadi Sankalp :

A Party publication named 'Rashtrawadi Sankalp1, a Fornightly is being published from New Delhi, the Chief Editor of which is Shri Tariq Anwar, Gen. Secy., NCP, Editor Shri Suraj Yadav, Gen. Secy. NYC and the Printer & Publisher Shri S.R. Kohli, Hony. Permanent Secretary, NCP.

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