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Appointment of Treasurer : On 20th Novmber 1999, Shri Praful Patel was appointed as Treasurer of the party consequent upon Shri Datta Meghe's resignation from the post to join the Ministry in Maharashtra.

Disciplinary Action Committee : Later on the 'Disciplinary Action Committee' was constituted of which Shri Praful Patel was appointed Chairman with following members :

Shri Praful Patel ... Chairman
Shri T. P. Peethambaran Master ... Convenor
Shri P.A. Sangma ... Member
Dr. Ram Manohar Tripathi ... Member
Shri Amrendra Sharan ... Member
Shri Salamat Ullah ... Member
Smt Veena Nayyar ... Member

National Status for the Party : After the assessment of the performance of various political parties in the Parliamentary Elections, the Election Commission of India conferred the National status to our party. This is the first instance in the history of our country of a new party contesting the national elections for the first time after its formation getting the status of National Party that too within a few months after its formation as in the case of NCP.

NCP in Parliament : NCP was allotted an office for the Party in Parliament House by the Speaker on 22nd December 1999.

First Extended Working Committee Meeting : The first meeting of the extended Working Committee of the Party was held at Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi. Over and above, the members of the Working Committee, the Presidents of State units, the Presidents of frontal organisations, party observers in various states, members of parliament and leaders of party Legislature parties in the states attended the session. The review of the organisational progress was made and steps to strensthen the organisation were also discussed.

National Relief Committee : In view of the cyclone and flood in Orissa and the consequent sufferings of the people there, NCP constituted a National Relief Committee under the chairmanship of Shri Chhagan Bhujbal, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra of which the Convenor is Shri Praful Patel with following members :

Shri Chhagan Bhujbal ... Chairman
Shri Praful Patel ... Convenor
Shri. Soumya Ranjan Patnaik ... Member
Shri A. C. Shanmukha Das ... Member
Dr. Lotsingh A. Sangma ... Member
Smt Veena Nayyar ... Member
Dr. Mumtaz Ansari ... Member
Sh. B. J. Sreedhara ... Member


Five truckload of clothes, blankets, and some household utensils were sent to Orissa and distributed among the affected people. Party President Shri Sharad Pawar also visited the flood affected areas.


Assembly Elections : Our Party contested the Assembly Elections of the following states as detailed hereunder:

Out of above four from Manipur and one from Haryana got elected to the Assembly and many came in the second place. The poll percentage in Manipur was 11.34.

Membership Drive : In order to intensify the membership drive, Shri T. P. Peethambaran Master, General Secretary was given charge of membership campaign and given charge of organisational elections of the party.

NCP member in Rajya Sabha : Shri Praful Patel was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra and he became the first NCP member in Rajya Sabha.

FRONTAL ORGANISATIONS:

1. Nationalist Youth Congress : The Nationalist Youth Congress National Executive Council has been formed with Shri Jitendra Awhad as its President. They have appointed State NYC Committees in many states.

2. Nationalist Mahila Consress : The Nationalist Mahil Consress has been constituted with Smt. Veena Nayyar as its President. NMC Committees have been formed in a few states.

3. Nationalist Student Congress : The Nationalist Student Consress has been formed with Shri Rajeev Kumar Jha as its President. NSC Committees are being formed in most of the states. NSC has also contested Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) election twice and secured impressive percentage of votes.

4. Nationalist Seva Dal : Nationalist Seva Dal has been formed with Shri Shamim Qurraishi, Ex-MLA as its Chairman. State commitees have been formed in various states and efforts are on to constitute committees in rest of the states.

5. Nationalist Minority Department : The Minorities Department of NCP has been formed with Shri Salamat Ullah as its Chairman. They have started organising minority cells in states also.

6. Nationalist Entrepreneur Cell : An Entrepreneur Cell has been formed with Shri Ramesh Gupta as its Convenor. State level Entrepreneurs Cells have been formed in some states.

7. Nationalist Kisan Cell : A Kisan Cell of NCP has recently been formed with Chaudhary Ved Pal as its Chairman. Efforts are on to constitute Kisan Organisations in different states.

8. Nationalist NRI Overseas Cell : The NRI Overseas Cell of NCP was constituted under the Presidentship of Shri Hardip Singh.

9. Trade Union Cell : A Trade Union Cell has also been formed with Shri T. P. Peethambaran Master as its Chairman. A meeting of the Trade Union Representatives of the Party had been called and its has been decided to organise a Central Trade Union under the leadership of the Party. A preparatory Committee for organising the Central Trade Union has been formed with Shri T. P. Peethambaran Master as Chairman and Shri S.P. Rai as Convenor. It has also been decided to launch the Central Trade Union in December 2000 in Dhanbad.

10. Membership Campaign Committee : A membership Campaign Committee was formed at the National level under the Convenorship of Shri Ramesh Asrawal. Membership campaign Committee in various states was also formed to intensify the enrolment of members in the party.

Party organisational set-up : Party orsnisational network has been established in all the states except Tripura, West Bengal and the Union Territories of Daman Diu and Lakshdweep. Though a President has been appointed at Pondicherry, no territorial commiittee is yet organised there. Similarly, the state committee in Orissa has not been functioning properly. In Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh, the state committees have identical problems of functioning. Most of the State units have completed the organizational network down to the Block level and are functioning well.

The Presidents / Convenors / Incharge of the state units are given below :

The Foundation Day Celebration : The foundation day of the Party was celebrated all over the country on 10th June 2000. The day was celebrated in Delhi by holding convention at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, where more than 12,000 party workers participated from different states.

Prof. D. P. Tripathi, Secretary NCP, moved a condolence resolution in connection with the sudden expiry of NCP President's eldest brother, Dr. Dinkarrao Govindrao Pawar, popularly known as Appasaheb, who dedicated his life for upliftment of farmers and landless labourers of Baramati village through the introduction of scientific agricultural and irrigation technology, expired on 16th April 2000 following the cardiac arrest

After that Shri Sharad Pawar inaugurated the Convention. Shri Tariq Anwar, General Secretary, Shri Chhagan Bhujbal, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Praful Patel, Treasurer, NCP, Shri Babanrao Pachpute, President of Maharashtra NCP, Shri Babu Khan Warsi, President of Delhi NCP and Chairman, Reception Committee, Thakur Randhir Singh, President of J & K NCP, Sardar Swaran Singh President, Punjab Pradesh NCP, Smt. Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane, .MP, Shri Jagjit Singh, MLA,President Haryana Pradesh, NCP, Mr. Elstone D. Marak,Minister, Govt. of Meghalaya. Shri Jitendra Awhad, President NYC, Shri Rajeev KumarJha, President NSC, Smt. Kshama Kushwaha, Vice-President NMC and other leaders addressed the Convention. In the absence of Shri P. A. Sangma, who was abroad, a message sent by him was read out at the Convention by Shri Zafar Akhtar, Secretary NCP.

A resolution moved by Shri T. P. Peethambaran Master, General Secretary, on the anti-poor policies of the BJP Government and calling for a nationwide agitation against those anti-poor and anti-farmer policies as well as the mounting atrocities on minorities and efforts of the government to open up the gates of administration to communal fascist forces like RSS was unanimously passed by the Convention. This resolution was seconded by Shri Praful Patel.

As a follow up of passing the resolution, a nationwide agitation was started throughout the country. The following were the demands raised in the agitation.

1 - Withdraw the hike in prices of essential commodities distributed through PDS outlets.
2- Restore subsidy on fertilizers and protect the farming community.
3- Protect our national industries.
4- Stop disinvesting profitable public undertakings.
5- Preserve employment opportunities and ensure the right to work
6- Stop atrocities on minorities.

Programme of agitation : These were

1) Protest week from 9th August 2000 to 14th August 2000 organising protest rallies.
2) Padyatra/Yatra on vehicles to propagate the issues raised in the agitation
3) Torch light Jathas
4) Public meetings explaining the issues and
5) Mass Dharnas at district or block levels.

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