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NCP ‘imports’ Dalit leader, rubs partymen up the wrong way

Sources revealed that some NCP workers feel that leaders from “outside” were being thrust upon them despite the party having capable candidates.

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Workers and leaders from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are upset over the party joining hands with Gangadhar Gade, leader of the Panthers Republican Party.

Sources revealed that some NCP workers feel that leaders from “outside” were being thrust upon them despite the party having capable candidates.

Former minister of state for social justice Gangadhar Gade, who was with the Republican Party of India’s Ramdas Athawale group, extended his support to the NCP on Monday.

Gade will be a part of the coalition with the NCP for the forthcoming municipal council and corporation elections, announced NCP state unit chief Madhukar Pichad.

However, a group of Dalit and minority leaders from the party feel that deadwood is being “imported” into the party by sidelining own leaders.

“Gade has no following even in his own constituency in Aurangabad.  When his party contested in the municipal corporation polls, most of his candidates lost their security deposits. He has no standing at all among the Dalit voters but still our party has given him undue importance,” said an NCP leader.
He added that outsiders get key positions in the party immediately after joining hands, while its own workers are kept waiting for years.

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