Sharad Pawar
Sharad Pawar
Sharad Govindrao Pawaris an Indian politician who serves as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on three separate occasions and held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minister of Agriculture in the Government of India. Pawar hails from the town of Baramati in the Pune district of Maharashtra. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha where...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 December 1940
CountryIndia
I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections.
Emotionally, a person is tied to the land of his birth. It's only human.
If an industrialist can sell his products anywhere in India and the world, why should a farmer not be allowed to do so?
I could never muster the courage to speak to girls in my college in Pune. Most of them were Parsis and spoke English. I came from a village and could barely converse in English.
Whether some may like it or not, I am still the farmer that I was born as and will continue to be one.
I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics.
I didn't leave the Congress; I was expelled.
The Congress is a power-oriented party.
Whatever I feel, I say frankly.
I think criticism of good work should stop somewhere.
Marriage is no substitute for political experience.
I am used to controversies.
The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of respect.
In my long innings, I have seen many sunrises and many sunsets; many good and bad times.