NCP's Kalidas Deshmukh organised a hav to dissuade leaders from quitting party (Photo | ANI) 
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NCP leader performs 'havan' to dissuade leaders from ditching party

The havan, organised by NCP leader Kalidas Deshmukh, was done after the party's Maharashtra women wing chief quit from her post.

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THANE: Local leaders and workers of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) unit performed a "havan" in Badalpur on Friday to dissuade leaders from ditching the party.

The "havan" was organised by NCP leader Kalidas Deshmukh. On Friday itself, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chitra Kishor Wagh Friday resigned as President of Nationalist Mahila Congress Maharashtra Pradesh. She also gave up the primary membership of the party.

In her resignation letter to the NCP president Sharad Pawar, she said, "I hereby submit my resignation as president of Nationalist Mahila Congress Maharashtra Pradesh as well as Primary Membership of Nationalist Congress Party.

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