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GENERAL SECRETARY'S REPORT

Following distribution of work for General Secretaries was also announced by the President:

Shri P. A. Sangma
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mehghalaya, Mizoram Nasaland, Sikkim,Tripura, West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
Policy, Planning, Strategy, Manifesto intellectual Cell and Disciplinary Action Committee

Shri Tariq Anwar
Delhi, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana.
Frontal Organisations and Cells, Incharge-Administration.

Shri D. N Dwivedi
Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Gujarat, & Goa.
Working Committee Meetings and Sessions, Organisational Elections, Legal Cell, Press and Media.

Shri T. P. Peethambaran Master
Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Master Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh.
Labour Cell.

Appointment of National Secretaries :

After allocation of work to General Secretaries, the following National Secretaries were appointed:
1. Dr. Ram Manohar Tripathi
2. Prof. Devi Prasad Tripathi
3. Shri Vijay Dubey
4. Shri Aquil Haider
5. Shri Sukhbir Sinsh Panwar
6. Kanwar Pratap Singh Chaudhary
7. Smt. Husna Subhani
8. Smt. Minati Sarma
9. Shri Laxmi Narain Induria
10. Shri Zafar Akhtar
11. Shri Shyam Bihari

After Baramati conclave of the Party office-bearers, the charge of states alloted to Shri Tariq Anwar, Shri D. N. Dwivedi and Shri T. P. Peethambaran Master was changed as follows :

Bihar to Shri Tariq Anwar, Uttar Pradesh to Shri Devendra Nath Dwivedi and Kerala to Shri Peethambaran Master.


Elections to Parliament : Soon after the launching of the party, elections to the parliament were announced. NCP contested 131 seats to the Parliament. The state-wise number of candidates is given hereunder:

A & N Islands 1
Andhra Pradesh 4
Arunachal Pradesh 2
Assam . 9
Bihar 16
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1
Delhi 7
Goa 2
Gujarat 7
Haryana 2
Himachal Pradesh 3
Jammu & Kashmir 2

Karnataka 2
Madhya Pradesh 9
Maharashtra 37
Manipur 2
Meghalaya 1
Orissa 3
Punjab 3
Rajasthan 7
Tamil Nadu 1
West Bengal 10

Total 131

Party also contested the Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Maharashtra.


Performance in Elections : Following eight candidates got elected to the Parliament:

1. Shri Sharad Pawar ... Maharashtra
2. Smt Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane ... Maharashtra
3. Shri Sriniwas Dadasaheb Patil ... Maharashtra
4. Shri Ashok Namdevrao Patil ... Maharashtra
5. Shri Sadsivarao Dadoba Mandlik ... Maharashtra
6. Shri Laxmanrao P. Yadav Patil ... Maharashtra
7. Shri P. A. Sangma ... Meghalaya
8. Shri Holkhomang Haokip ... Manipur

The member elected from Dadra & Nasar Haveli, thoush contested as independent candidate is our own party man. Three other members elected from Maharashtra as candidate of our alliance parties are continuins as associated members of our Parliamentary Party.

Assembly Performance : 58 members were elected to the Assembly from Maharashtra and 4 members to the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly.

Our performance in the Parliament election : Our performance in the elections was not up to our expectations. Before we could set up state units, elections to Parliament were announced. We had to contest the elections without any organisational set up. Neither did we have the finances to face elections. We had no alliance partners also outside Maharashtra. The goodwill of the party leaders was the only asset of the party. The hostile attitude of the non-BJP and non-Congress(l) parties to the NCP also contributed to the poor performance of the NCP in the Parliament elections.

The leaders of the prominent parties of the third front compromised either with-BJP or with Congress (I) whom they had been opposing all along in order to win a few seats for themselves with their help. This opportunistic attitude of the third front parties and left parties was the root cause for the poor performance of the third front parties at the national level.

Participation of Government : In order to prevent the formation of government by Sivasena-BJP combine, which had been voted out by the people in the election in Maharashtra, the NCP had to join hands with the INC in Maharashtra to form a coalition government there with Shri Chhagan Bhujbal as the Deputy Chief Minister.

We had to bow down to local political pressure in Meghalaya and join the coalition government led by the UDP there despite the three member BJP also being a partner in the government, as it was within the interest of our party as well as that of the state to provide a government and avoid another election imposed upon the state by our party's stand. The party unit in Kerala was already a part of the Left Democratic Front and their Government there.

After the election in Manipur, some our MLAs have joined the government there.

Besides, the party has its presence in the following states :

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