Answer:
It
was in May 1999, the nationalist leaders Sharad Pawar, PA Sangma and Tariq
Anwar took the historic decision to form a new political party under the name of
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Sharad Pawar was elected President and Sangma
and Anwar became General Secretaries of the party.
The party espouses democracy, Gandhian secularism, equity, social justice
and federalism. It believes that high offices in government be confined to
natural born citizens of the country.
The party's symbol is an analogue clock, with two legs and
an alarm button, reads 10:10. It is a major party in Maharashtra and has a
significant presence in Meghalaya, Manipur and Asom. It is a coalition partner of
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) after the election of 2009.
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