PM greets NCP leader Sharad Pawar on his 79th birthday

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted NCP leader Sharad Pawar on his 79th birthday and prayed for his long and healthy life.

"Greetings to Shri Sharad Pawar Ji on his birthday. Praying for his long and healthy life," he tweeted.

In a series of fast paced events,



the BJP had tried to form a government with Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar in Maharashtra.

The Shiv Sena formed the new government in the state in alliance with the NCP and the Congress, finally.

Pawar was born in 1940 in Baramati, Maharashtra.