Updated On: 15 February, 2024 07:05 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
Sharad Pawar and Supriya Sule were among other NCP leaders of Sharad Pawar faction who attended party`s women`s wing meeting in Mumbai on Thursday. Pics/ Sameer Markande

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Apart from party chief Sharad Pawar and Supriya Sule, NCP leaders including Eknath Khadse, Jayant Patil, Amol Kolhe, Jitendra Awhad and others were also present in the meeting
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Earlier, Supriya Sule on Thursday targeted the "invisible power", a veiled reference to the ruling BJP, for snatching the party founded by her father

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Talking to reporters, the Baramati Lok Sabha MP said her party has approached the Supreme Court against the Election Commission of India`s decision to recognise the Ajit Pawar-led faction as the real NCP
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"Sharad Pawar is, was and will be NCP founder and president. The invisible power is doing the misdeed of snatching the party from the founder," Supriya Sule claimed

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"So we have gone to court as the party and symbol were snatched from the person who built it," she added
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Allotting the party name and symbol founded by Sharad Pawar to anyone else is setting a new precedent because a decision is not related to any person but is recorded by history, Supriya Sule asserted

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The NCP split in July last year after Ajit Pawar and eight MLAs joined the Eknath Shinde government against the wishes of party founder Sharad Pawar
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