The 33-year-old is the youngest leader to hold the key NCP post, party insiders said. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has appointed Zeeshan Siddique as the new president of its Mumbai unit. The letter of his appointment was issued by the party president.
Siddique is considered close to Parth Pawar, NCP Rajya Sabha MP and the elder son of party president Sunetra Pawar. “The party leadership is considering a rejig of the Mumbai unit and was seriously considering Siddique’s name for the position. He is the son of former minister Baba Siddique, who was shot dead on October 12, 2024 outside Zeeshan’s party office in Bandra. Siddique was elected as the youngest MLA from Mumbai in the 2019 state assembly elections. He also served as president of the Mumbai Youth Congress for three years before being removed from the post after his late father and former Congress minister Baba Siddique joined the NCP in 2024.
He is being seen by the party leadership as a young face who could help the NCP connect with the city’s younger generation,” said a NCP leader.
