NCP vs NCP: ‘Will accept final decision of Election Commission’ Ajit Pawar on name and symbol row
PTI. Earlier on 22 September, The Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP had submitted a petition to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar seeking disqualification of 10 MLAs affiliated to party founder Sharad Pawar.
The 10 MLAs named in the petition are Jayant Patil, Jitendra Awhad, Rajesh Tope, Rohit Pawar, Anil Deshmukh, Prajakt Tanpure, Balasaheb Patil, Sunil Bhusara, Sandeep Kshirsagar and Suman Patil, said Anil Bhaidas Patil. Incidentally, the Sharad Pawar faction had already filed disqualification petition against 40 MLAs who allied with Ajit Pawar.
The Sharad Pawar group has also submitted disqualification petition against seven of these nine MLAs. The NCP has 53 MLAs in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, with legislators like Nawab Malik and Suman Patil maintaining a neutral stance.
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