Sharad Pawar is not only Maharashtra but also one of the big leaders of the country. Sharad Pawar became an MLA at the age of just 27. His political journey is of more than 50 years. In such a situation, today we will tell the story of his political journey. How did he enter politics and become one of the tallest leaders of the country? Let’s know..

(NCP) President Sharad Pawar has announced to quit the post of party president. Sharad Pawar has also said many emotional things in his resignation. Pawar had also hinted about this a few days ago. Pawar made this announcement during the party meeting.

Pawar is not only Maharashtra but one of the big leaders of the country. Sharad Pawar became an MLA at the age of just 27. His political journey is of more than 50 years. In such a situation, today we will tell the story of his political journey. How did he enter politics and become one of the tallest leaders of the country? Let’s know…

Born in Pune, mother contested elections

Sharad Pawar, 82, was born on 12 December 1940 in Baramati, Pune. His father held a senior position in a cooperative society. Mother was the only woman to contest the local body elections. Former cricketer Sadashiv Shinde’s daughter Pratibha is Sharad Pawar’s wife.

In an interview, Pratibha had told that before marriage, Sharad Pawar had put a condition of giving birth to only one child. Sharad held the Baramati seat from 1967 to 1990, since then this seat is with his nephew Ajit Pawar. Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule is the MP of Baramati since 2009.

Became MLA only at the age of 27

Sharad Pawar had made a good hold in politics at a very young age. When he was 27 years old, he was elected as an MLA for the first time. In the year 1967, he was elected MLA for the first time. After this Sharad Pawar reached the heights of politics. His early mentor in politics was the then veteran leader Yashwantrao Chavan.

Rebellion with Indira

During the Emergency, Sharad Pawar rebelled against the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Pawar left the Congress after rebelling against Indira. In the year 1978, along with the Janata Party formed the government in Maharashtra. Became the Chief Minister of the state. When the Indira government returned in the year 1980, her government was dismissed. Then in 1983, Sharad Pawar formed the Congress Socialist Party.

In the Lok Sabha elections held that year, Sharad Pawar won the election from Baramati for the first time, but in the 1985 assembly elections, his party’s victory in 54 seats pulled him back to state politics. Sharad Pawar resigned from the Lok Sabha and led the opposition in the assembly.

Came back to Congress during Rajiv’s era

In the year 1987, he came back to his old party Congress. Then Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister. Pawar became close to Rajiv Gandhi in those days. Pawar got the CM’s chair in the year 1988 in place of Shankar Rao Chavan. Chavan was made the Finance Minister at the Center in the year 1988.

In the 1990 assembly elections, the Congress won 141 out of 288 seats, but Sharad Pawar, a skilled player in politics, managed to form the government with the help of 12 independent MLAs. With this, Pawar managed to become CM for the third time.

Then Sharad Pawar also became the candidate for the post of PM.

It is about the year 1991. The then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated. There was a strange situation across the country. There was discussion about the post of Prime Minister. Then Sharad Pawar’s name started appearing among the three people who were being seen as the next prime ministerial candidate of the Congress. Besides Pawar, the others in the race were Narayan Dutt Tiwari and PV Narasimha Rao.

Narayan Dutt Tiwari missed out on becoming the PM due to an unexpected defeat in the 1991 Lok Sabha elections. This opportunity went to another senior leader PV Narasimha Rao while Sharad Pawar got the responsibility of Defense Ministry. But then Sharad Pawar was sent back to Maharashtra politics. Controversy with Sonia Gandhi and formed own new party.

This is about the year 1998. Sharad Pawar was elected Leader of the Opposition after the mid-term Lok Sabha elections, but when the 12th Lok Sabha was dissolved in 1999, Sharad Pawar, PA Sangma and Tariq Anwar questioned Sonia Gandhi’s leadership.

Pawar and some other leaders did not want Sonia of foreign origin to lead the party. He was expelled from the party for opposing Sonia. Sharad Pawar formed the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) after his expulsion from the Congress. Sharad Pawar broke away from the Congress and formed the party but After not getting the mandate in the 1999 Maharashtra assembly elections, it also formed the government by joining hands with the Congress. From 2004 to 2014, Pawar was a minister at the Center continuously. Sharad Pawar did not contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections saying that he wanted to bring forward the youth leadership in the party.

Youngest Chief Minister, also the President of BCCI
Sharad Pawar holds the record of becoming the youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He has also been the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Pawar was the chairman of the BCCI from 2005 to 2008 and became the chairman of the ICC in 2010.

Won the battle with cancer, the doctor had said – will live only six months
Sharad Pawar has won the battle with cancer. Pawar told a TV channel that he was diagnosed with cancer during the 2004 Lok Sabha elections. Went to New York for treatment. The doctors there asked to go to some experts from India itself. Then while being the Agriculture Minister, Pawar took radiation treatment 36 times.

It was very painful. He had told in the interview that he used to work in the ministry from 9 am to 2 am. Then at 2.30 he would take chemotherapy at Apollo Hospital. The pain was so much that I had to go home and sleep. Meanwhile, a doctor told him to complete the necessary work.You will be able to live only for six more months. Pawar told the doctor that I don’t worry about the disease, you don’t either. Pawar advised the people to stop the consumption of tobacco immediately if they want to avoid cancer.

The condition of a child was kept in front of the wife
Sharad Pawar had told in an interview that before marriage, he had put a condition in front of his wife Pratibha Pawar to have only one child. He had said, ‘We will have only one child, be it a boy or a girl.’ After this, Supriya was born on 30 June 1969 in Pune.