NCP in crisis mode; after Tariq Anwar, party leader Munaf Hakim resigns over Sharad Pawar's defence of PM Modi in Rafale deal

Hours after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Tariq Anwar resigned from the party, one of the Maharashtra state general secretaries of the party, Munaf Hakim, too resigned from the party post on Friday. Announcing his resignment, Hakim claimed that it was "difficult" to defend its image after Sharad Pawar "supported" Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rafale fighter jet issue. Mr Pawar, speaking to a television channel Wednesday, said that people "do not have doubts" over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intentions (in the Rafale deal).

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