Sharad Pawar Must Have Plan For Future, Says His Party's Co-Founder

Sharad Pawar is a tall leader and if he has resigned from the post, he would have a plan for the future, said Tariq Anwar.

Sharad Pawar must have a plan for the future, his former associate and senior Congress leader Tariq Anwar said on Tuesday soon after the Maratha strongman announced his resignation as Nationalist Congress Party chief.

Mr Anwar, who was a co-founder of the Nationalist Congress Party along with Mr Pawar, said the veteran leader does not take any decision without thinking it through.

Springing a surprise, Mr Pawar on Tuesday said he was stepping down as the chief of NCP, the political outfit he founded and helmed since 1999.

Mr Pawar made the announcement at the launch of a revised version of his autobiography. His announcement was met with protests by party workers and leaders who asked the octogenarian leader to rescind the decision.