India, May 20 -- The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has accepted the city unit president Deepak Mankar's resignation and has initiated a process to appoint a new president. The NCP state unit president, Sunil Tatkare, while speaking on Monday, said, "The Party had approved Mankar's resignation. The new person will be appointed soon."

Recently, Mankar submitted his resignation after police filed a case against him for submitting fake documents in the land purchase case. After further allegations and police action, Mankar submitted his resignation.

Reacting to the issue, Mankar said, "My political rivals are involved in defaming me."

Meanwhile, as Municipal elections are ahead, NCP leader Ajit Pawar did not want any setback for the par...