{"id":4111,"date":"2026-07-22T14:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=4111"},"modified":"2026-07-22T14:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:32:18","slug":"politics-of-silence-is-ncpsp-chief-sharad-pawar-keeping-options-open-on-delimitation-bill-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=4111","title":{"rendered":"Politics of silence: Is NCP(SP) chief Sharad Pawar keeping options open on Delimitation Bill? | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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NEW DELHI: Will Sharad Pawar<\/a>\u2019s NCP(SP) support BJP\u2019s Delimitation Bill if the NDA<\/a> government decides to bring it again in the monsoon session of Parliament? While speculations do the rounds, the Maratha strongman remains conspicuously silent and lets his actions keep everyone guessing. So, while on Tuesday Sharad Pawar joined forces with the opposition at Jantar Mantar where students are protesting against NEET paper leak and seeking education minister Dharmendra Pradhan\u2019s resignation, on Wednesday he was meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a> along with his daughter MP Supriya Sule.In June, there were several reports to suggest that Sharad Pawar\u2019s NCP(SP) could be considering a merger with the Congress to prevent any possible poaching of his legislators. A month later in July, there are strong speculations that Sharad Pawar is leaning towards the NDA to secure the future of his party in the twilight years of his politics.Does this come as a surprise? Well, definitely not. When it comes to politics of ambiguity, no one can beat Sharad Pawar – who is known to keep his cards close to his chest. And that perhaps explains why there is suspense around the line his party could possibly take on the Delimitation Bill.His daughter Supriya Sule, who is MP from Baramati, has rejected all speculations on backing or joining the NDA and has maintained that the party is yet to take any stand on the Delimitation Bill. But her remark last week: \u201cif the proposed Delimitation Bill- a key legislative agenda of the NDA government- is based on a uniform 50 per cent increase in seats across all states, there would be little reason to oppose it,” has already set tongues wagging.<\/p>\n

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Pressure to keep his flock together<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Sharad Pawar has at present 8 members in Lok Sabha and 10 MLAs in Maharashtra assembly. With the NDA government working aggressively behind the scenes to reach the magic figure of two-thirds majority in Lok Sabha for the Delimitation Bill, Sharad Pawar knows that his MPs are vulnerable. He has just seen Uddhav Thackeray helplessly lose his 6 MPs to Eknath Shinde\u2019s Shiv Sena. Both Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar have suffered coups that split their parties vertically. While Shinde revolted against Uddhav and took control of the Shiv Sena, in NCP the revolt was led by the late Ajit Pawar, who rebelled against his uncle Sharad in 2023 and wrested control of the party.After a dismal show in the 2024 assembly elections, Pawar knows that his politics and influence is on the wane and his legislators could be lured with promises of greener pastures. Seen in this context, Sharad Pawar\u2019s silence and his mixed signals could be a weapon to keep his legislators hopeful and guessing about his next moves.<\/p>\n

The balancing act<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Those who have followed Sharad Pawar\u2019s politics, will recount many such instances when he used his power of silence to convey mixed signals to opposing camps. One such example was in 2019 when Sharad Pawar was trying to stitch anti-BJP front in Maharashtra with Uddhav Thackeray\u2019s Shiv Sena and the Congress, while on the other hand, at the same time, his nephew Ajit Pawar was negotiating with the BJP. The two-track politics eventually resulted in a pre-dawn swearing-in of Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister and Ajit Pawar as deputy chief minister. However, the government was short-lived as Sharad Pawar was forced to dump Ajit Pawar then. But questions were raised even then if Sharad knew about Ajit\u2019s moves and had allowed both the channels to progress simultaneously. Years later, Sharad Pawar dropped enough hints to suggest that he actually knew about the Track 2 manoeuvres by his nephew then.So while Sharad Pawar remains silent, let\u2019s analyze some of the developments in the recent past to understand his politics of ambiguity.<\/p>\n

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