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March 19, 2009: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said he was not in race for Prime Minister's post as his party was aware of the fact that one could not become PM with limited number of MPs.

Pawar said the NCP was not planning to contest Lok Sabha elections in alliance with RJD chief Lalu Prasad and SP president Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Suresh Kalmadi held talks with the NCP chief over contesting elections from Pune parliamentary seat.

Both the parties are yet to reach consensus on the Pune seat. 

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Background

Sharad Pawar is the president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which he founded in 1999.

 

He first became a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1967 from the Congress ticket.

 

Pawar, who hails from Baramati town in the Pune district of Maharashtra, is the Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in the UPA government.

 

He also served as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during 2005-2008.

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