New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP (SP)) MLA Rohit Pawar on Wednesday (March 25) alleged that a group of leaders had written to the Election Commission of India (ECI) claiming that the party constitution of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was amended and wanted that the working president to get sweeping powers. Pawar alleged that Sunetra Pawar later asked the poll body to disregard any such correspondence during the transition period after Ajit Pawar’s demise, reported Indian Express.“Within just 18 days of Ajit Pawar’s death; Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare and Brijmohan Srivastava wrote to ECI on February 16, fraudulently claiming that the party constitution had been amended and sought that all powers be handed to the working president, who was Praful Patel,” said Pawar in a press conference on Wednesday.“Neither Sunetra Pawar nor Parth Pawar was taken into confidence. No legislators were told about this. After becoming national president, Sunetra Pawar learnt of this and wrote to ECI requesting that any correspondence between January 28 and when she became the party president should not be taken into consideration,” he added.Pawar said that Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Piyush Goyal had earlier asserted that Patel had become party president and later termed it a mistake.“Patel and Tatkare wanted to take control of the party,” Pawar alleged.He alleged that instructions were issued by both Patel and Tatkare to not to raise the issue of Ajit Pawar’s accident during the ongoing Budget session of the Maharashtra Assembly.Pawar alleged that a proposed press conference by Jay Pawar, the younger son of Ajit Pawar was stalled after certain BJP leaders, along with Patel and Tatkare, exerted pressure.Pawar demanded a criminal investigation into the death of Pawar and alleged that the letters through which attempts to control the party were made were part of a larger conspiracy, reported Indian Express.