Pune, Jan. 9 -- Muslim Welfare Association today officially announced its support to the Nationalist Congress Party (AP) for the upcoming Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal elections scheduled to be held next week.

A meeting of the minority community held in Pimpri-Chinchwad in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

NCP President and Deputy CM Pawar assured the community that the party would remain firmly committed to safeguarding the legitimate rights of Muslims, ensuring social security, promoting education, and working for their overall development.

Salim Sarang, national president of the Muslim Welfare Association, said that Ajit Pawar's leadership, rooted in the ideology of Shivaji Maharaj, Shahu Maharaj, Mahatma Phule a...