<span style="color: #222222;">Former Gujarat Chief Minister Shanker Sinh Vaghela has been appointed as the new state president of Nationalist Congress Party, NCP, in the state.<br />'' <br />'' Earlier, 78-year-old Mr. Vaghela had been inducted in the party as its national general secretary.<br />''<br />''NCP president Sharad Pawar issued a letter to Mr. Vaghela in this regard.  Mr. Vaghela would replace Mr. Jayant Patel Boski who has now been elevated as the national general secretary of the party.</span>