Hours after veteran leader Sharad Pawar announced his decision of stepping down as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), scores of party workers on Tuesday hit the streets in Mumbai and protested against the decision.
Pawar (82) made the announcement at the launch of the second edition of his autobiography, Lok Majhe Sangati, at the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre here, in the presence of his wife Pratibha, daughter Supriya Sule, nephew Ajit Pawar, and senior party leaders.
In a major political development, Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar on Tuesday announced that he has decided to step down as party chief drawing emotional reactions from thousands of NCP leaders, workers and supporters who urged him to reconsider the decision