# Zeeshan Siddique set to be NCP’s youngest Mumbai president 2026-08-16T01:57:14+00:00 | Politics | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) plans to appoint Zeeshan Siddique as its Mumbai unit president, making the 33-year-old the party's youngest Mumbai chief. The move is part of an organisational revamp and comes three months after Siddique was elected as an MLC, following his defeat in the November 2024 assembly elections from Vandre East. Separately, Siddique has reported a death threat to Bandra police. He said a caller from a Portugal-based number claimed to be 'Zeeshan Akhtar' and threatened to kill him, alleging Siddique was involved in illegal business. Akhtar is an accused in the murder of Siddique's father, former minister Baba Siddique, who was killed in 2024. Police have registered a non-cognisable complaint. NCP insiders say the appointments of Siddique, Vaishali Nagawade, Nikhil Thakare, and Nirmala Nawale indicate that party president Sunetra Pawar and her son Parth Pawar are taking control of the organisation. The party hopes Siddique's appointment will help revive its presence in Mumbai, where it has struggled for three decades. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Baba Siddique, Lawrence Bishnoi, Mumbai, NCP, Parth Pawar, Zeeshan Siddique Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/zeeshan-siddique-set-to-be-ncps-youngest-mumbai-president/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/zeeshan-siddique-set-to-be-ncps-youngest-mumbai-president/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/