'Grateful' Supriya Sule says will work diligently to strengthen NCP

Sule will be in charge of the upcoming state elections in Maharashtra, Punjab, and Haryana and Lok Sabha coordination. She will also be responsible for the women and youth wing of the party.

New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) working president Supriya Sule on Saturday said that she will work diligently with all her colleagues to strengthen the party. Sule along with Rajya Sabha member Praful Patel were appointed as working presidents by 82-year-old NCP supremo Sharad Pawar during the 25th-anniversary celebration program of the party in the national capital.

Pune-born Sule, daughter of Sharad Pawar, also said she was grateful to the NCP chief and all other senior leaders for bestowing her with this "huge responsibility."

"I am grateful to NCP President Hon. Pawar Saheb and all the Senior Leaders, party colleagues, party workers, and well-wishers of @NCPSpeaks for bestowing this huge responsibility of Working President along with Hon. @praful_patel Bhai," Sule, who represents Baramati in the Lok Sabha said in a Tweet.

Sule will also be in charge of the upcoming state elections in Maharashtra, Punjab, and Haryana and Lok Sabha coordination. She has also been given responsibility for the Women and Youth wing of the party, founded by her father and PA Sangma in 1999. "To my fellow members of the party, because of whom we have come this far, I will work diligently along with all of you to further strengthen the NCP and we collectively will serve the nation for the larger good of our fellow citizens," added 53-year-old Sule.

Pawar, who has held several key positions in the Centre, made the announcement in the presence of Ajit Pawar, a senior NCP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.