Maharashtra: ‘Defying Sharad Pawar defection’

Updated On: 16 February, 2024 06:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore

In an order that mirrors the Shiv Sena fracas, Speaker holds Ajit is real NCP, no MLA disqualified

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Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar together at a press conference before the feud. Pic/X

In a repeat of the verdict he had delivered on the Shiv Sena feud, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar has held Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s faction as the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and dismissed pleas for disqualifying MLAs from both warring groups. Narwekar’s judgment on Thursday followed the Election Commission`s verdict that had also allotted the party’s original name and election symbol to Ajit Pawar’s faction.

The Speaker considered the legislative majority of the Ajit Pawar group, which has 41 out of 53 MLAs. He did not consider organisational disputes in deciding the matter in view of various claims made by rival factions. The Speaker said that the leadership structure cannot be taken into account. "It is a fact that till June 29, 2023, there had been no contemporaneous challenge to the leadership of Sharad Pawar, which was sought to be altered through a resolution of June 30 by the Ajit Pawar faction. Therefore, two claims existed on June 30, 2023, when two rival factions emerged."

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