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Assembly Elections :

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

State / Number of Candidates
Bihar 50
Haryana 20

State / Number of Candidates
Orissa 10
Manipur 10

Out of which, five from Manipur and one from Haryana got elected to the Assembly.

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 organsational functions 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 has been formed with Shri Jitendra Awhad as its President.
2) Nationalist Mahila Congress has been formed with Smt. Veena Nayyar as its President.
3) Nationalist Student Congress has been formed with Shri Rajeev Kumar Jha as its President.
4) Nationalist Seva Dal has been formed with Shri Shamim Qureshi, Ex MLA as its Chairman.
5) National Minority Department has been formed with Shri Salamat Ullah as its Chairman.
6) National Entrepreneur Cell has been formed with Shri Ramesh Gupta as its Convenor.
7) National Kisan Cell has been formed with Chaudhary Ved Pal as its Chairman.
8) Nationalist NRI Overseas Cell has been formed under the Presidenship of Shri Hardip Singh.
9) Nationalist Legal Cell has been fprmed with a Senior Advocate in Supreme Court Shri Amrendra Sharan, as its Chairman.
10) Membership Campaign Committee has been formed under the Convenorship of Shri Ramesh Aggrawal.

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 a Appasaheb, who dedicated his life for upliftment of farmers and land less labourers of Baramati village through the introduction of scientific agricultural and irrigation technology, expired on 16th April 2000 following the cardiac arrest.

Party President Shri Sharad Pawar inaugurated the Convention. Shri Tariq Anwar, General Secretary, Shri Chhagan Bhujbal, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Praful Patel, Treasurer, Shri Jitendra Awhad, President NYC, Salamat Ullah, Chairman, Minority Cell and other leaders addressed the Convention.

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.

National Integration Day : In view of the mounting atrocities on minorities and the developing hate culture between different communities, August 9 this year was observed by the party as National Integration Day.

Shiv Sena’s attack on Party Headquarters : Provoked by the issue of arrest warrant to Bal Thakre, the Sivasena Chief by the government of Maharashtra where the NCP leader Shri Chhagan Bhujbal is the Home Minister, some Sivasainiks attacked the Party Headquarters at No. 10 Dr.. Bishambhar Das Marg, New Delhi at night on 16th July 2000 by 11.00 pm by pelting stones at the office and setting the building fence to fire causing some damage to the office.

Thereupon a letter recording strong protest against the attack by Sivasainiks on our party Headquarters was addressed to Shri Advani, the Home Minister of India by our President Shri Sharad Pawar.

A protest rally was also taken out to the office of the Home Minister in Delhi, under the leadership of Shri T.P. Peethambaran Master, General Secretary. Thereafter, a memorandum addressed to the Home Minister seeking immediate and stern action against the culprits was submitted to Shri Advani in person by Shri T.P. Peethambaran Master.

Protest meetings were held in different states also in protest to their attack.

Birth Anniversary Celebration of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was celebrated by the Party units throughout the country on 14th April 2000. Floral tributes to photos of Dr. Ambedkar at public places and holding of public meeting in his honour were some of the items of the celebration.

Appointment of NCP President Shri Sharad Pawar as Vice Chairman of National Disaster Management Committee : The Nationalist Congress Party President Shri Sharad Pawar was appointed as Vice Chairman of National Disaster Management Committee, by the NDA government.

All Party Meeting called by Prime Minister : Shri T.P. Peethambaran Master, General Secretary had represented our party at the 'All party meeting' called by the Prime Minister of India on 14th July 2000 to discuss the situation in Sierra Leone, where a large number of our soldiers serving under the U.N. Peace Keeping Force there were being held captives for quite some time.

Allotment of building for Central Office : The building No.10 Dr. Bishambhar Das Marg, New Delhi where our party headquarters is housed from the very inception of the party was allotted to the Party for the use of Party office by the government and the Party headquarters continues to function from this building.

The Central Election Authority : The Central Election Organisational Elections Authority of the party was appointed by the Working Committee with Shri T.P. Peethambaran Master as Chairman and Smt. Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane, MP and Advocate Shri Amrendra Saran as members.

The Chairman of the Central Election Authority is the Ex-Officio Returning Officer for the election of the President and the members of the Working Committee.

The central Election Authority appointed State Election Authorities to supervise and oversee the enrolment of members and for conducting the party election in a free and fair manner. The Central Election Authority appointed State Returning Officers and they in turn appointed District Returning Officers and subordinate Returning Officers to conduct the elections.

The Party elections were conducted in a free and fair manner. No serious disputes have been put up to the State election Authority regarding the elections.

The schedule of the Party elections up to the election of State Committees and the Presidents of State Committees as well as for the post of Party President and the Working Committee members is given below :

Party Elections at all levels have been completed including the election for the post of President of the Party and Shri Sharad Pawar has been unanimously elected as President of the Party. The members of the Working Committee will be elected by the National Committee members at Nagpur on 2nd October 2000.

Membership :

The Party has membership of primary members and Active members.
Total number of delegates:
Total number of members of the National Committee:

Interaction with Election Commission : The Party is having regular interactions with Election Commission on all matters relating to the Election Commission. The Party had been represented in the 'All Party Meetings' held by the Election Commission by Shri Tariq Anwar and Shri T.P. Peethambaran Master, General Secretaries.