NCP Was Born Purely out of Opposition to Sonia Gandhi’s Congress Leadership, Says Praful Patel

In an interview with Smita Prakash, editor-in-chief at ANI, Patel said that at the time there were many secret meetings at the residences of PA Sangma, Sharad Pawar, Jitendra Prasada, and Rajesh Pilot. He also said that in 1991 after the assassination of then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, there was a chance for Sharad Pawar to take the mantle of the Congress, but Sonia Gandhi’s then advisers made sure that wouldn’t happen