12 December,2019 11:43 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
NCP chief Sharad Pawar in his 79th birthday celebration at YB Chavan Centre. Pictures/Atul Kamble
NCP supremo Sharad Pawar rang in his 79th birthday with many leaders belonging to the party meeting and wishing him at YB Chavan Conventional Centre in the morning.
Even in Twitter scores of leaders, including his daughter Supriya Sule and prime minister Narendra Modi wishing him and praying for his long and healthy life.
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Pawar's dsughter Supriya Sule tweeted in Marathi saying, "Dear Baba, you are a constant source of energy for us. You gave us the bright legacy of ideology and also the strength to tread on it..Baba, boundless birthday greetings to you. Wishing you long healthy life."
Even NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik tweeted in Marathi, saying, "Birthday greetings to the architect of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government, president of Nationalist Congress Party Honourable Shri Sharadchandra Pawar Saheb."
The Maratha strongman, born on December 12, 1940, at Baramati in Pune district, is credited for the NCP's return to power in the state along with the Congress and their new ally Shiv Sena by forming the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government last month.
(With inputs from PTI)
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