India, Oct. 30 -- Amid rumblings within the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) following its defeat in the recent legislative council elections, party chief Sunetra Pawar on Thursday said the party would introspect on its performance and work to address its shortcomings.

"We will certainly introspect on our shortcomings and improve. The party will make all efforts to improve its performance," she said.

Her remarks come amid growing discontent among a section of senior party leaders over decisions taken by the leadership without, they allege, consulting senior functionaries. The discontent reportedly centres on the decision to concede the Pune Graduate constituency seat to the BJP and the appointment of NCP MLC Zeeshan Siddique as the part...