MUMBAI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) plans to appoint Zeeshan Siddique as the new president of its Mumbai unit, a move that would make the 33-year-old the youngest Mumbai president of the party.
Siddique is considered close to Parth Pawar, NCP Rajya Sabha MP and son of party president Sunetra Pawar. The appointment would also be indicative of the mother-son duo slowly taking control of the party organisation by appointing individuals of their choice in key positions. NCP insiders say Pawar has also backed the appointments of Vaishali Nagawade as the NCP’s Maharashtra women’s wing president, Nikhil Thakare as state youth wing president, and Nirmala Nawale as the state president of the Yuvati Congress, the party’s young women’s wing. can help the party connect with the youth. “I have no idea about my name being under consideration for the Mumbai president’s position. MUMBAI: The Bandra police have registered a non-cognisable complaint after former MLA Zeeshan Siddique approached them claiming he had received a death threat.
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 before being removed from the post after his late father and former Congress minister Baba Siddique joined the NCP in 2024.
“The party hopes his appointment will help revive and expand its organisational presence in Mumbai, where it has struggled to strengthen its foothold for nearly three decades,” said an NCP leader. I am ready to take up any responsibility that the party deems fit for me,” Siddique told Hindustan Times. Siddique said the threat came though a voice note sent to his mobile phone from a Portugal-based number two days ago while he was overseas.
