Supriya Sule: News
Supriya Sule is a social worker, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) politician, and Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Maharashtra. She is the daughter of party supremo and founder, Sharad Pawar. Sule has done her graduation in microbiology and pursued higher education at the University of California, Berkeley. She became a Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra in 2006. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, she successfully contested from the Baramati constituency, defeating BJP’s Kanta Jaysing Nalawade. She was re-elected in the 2014 and 2019 General Elections, and has served as a member of the Standing Committee on External Affairs; Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance & Corporate Affairs; and the Committee on Empowerment of Women. Sule is vocal about the issues affecting women and, in 2011, ran a campaign across Maharashtra against female foeticide. She, apart from her cousin, Ajit Pawar, is seen as the successor of Pawar in NCP.
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'Was Saif really stabbed or acting': Maharashtra minister questions attack
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'Only remember 1 Ajit..': Supriya Sule's latest dig at cousin
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'Modi would've inaugurated Pune Metro 6th time...': Supriya Sule's swipe
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In a first, over 140 opposition MPs suspended from Parliament
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iPhone hacking row: Centre orders probe, asks Apple to join
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Maharashtra: Maratha reservation protesters torch NCP MLA Prakash Solanke's house
Protesters rallying for Maratha reservations reportedly vandalized and torched Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Prakash Solanke's house in Maharashtra's Beed district on Monday.
NCP crisis: Rebel leaders pay surprise visit to Sharad Pawar
In a new twist to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) crisis, rebel party leaders led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar met party supremo Sharad Pawar at Mumbai's YB Chavan Centre on Sunday and sought his blessings.
Ajit Pawar approaches ECI to claim NCP, party symbol
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Hours after announcing his resignation as the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president, Sharad Pawar said that he "needs two-three days to rethink his decision."
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