The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was founded in 1999 by Sharad Pawar, P. A. Sangma, and Tariq Anwar after they were expelled from the Indian National Congress (Congress Party) over the issue of Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin.
The Nationalist Congress Party was formed in 1999 following the split in
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