Based by Sharad Pawar, the NCP cut up in July final 12 months after Ajit Pawar and the legislators supporting him joined the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra authorities. (PTI File)
The apex courtroom additionally allowed the Sharad Pawar faction to make use of ’Nationalist Congress Get together-Sharadchandra Pawar’ as its identify for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Meeting polls and to make use of as its image ’man blowing turha’ (a conventional trumpet also called tutari)
The NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) on Wednesday dared the Nationalist Congress Get together led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to surrender the clock image and contest the Lok Sabha elections on a brand new image.
The Sharad Pawar group additionally acknowledged that the Supreme Court docket’s order on Tuesday has dealt a ”physique blow” to the Ajit Pawar camp. Notably, the highest courtroom has requested Ajit Pawar-led faction to situation a public discover in newspapers in English, Hindi and Marathi saying the ’clock’ image is sub-judice and its use is topic to adjudication.
The apex courtroom additionally allowed the Sharad Pawar faction to make use of ’Nationalist Congress Get together-Sharadchandra Pawar’ as its identify for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Meeting polls and to make use of as its image ’man blowing turha’ (a conventional trumpet also called tutari).
“This important resolution made by the Supreme Court docket judges has delivered a physique blow to Ajit Pawar’s NCP faction. The courtroom has warned that adherence to the tenth schedule of the Structure is a crucial side in deciding instances pertaining to defections,” NCP (SP) spokesperson Mahesh Tapase mentioned in a press release.
This resolution of the Supreme Court docket just isn’t solely a major setback for Ajit Pawar’s group however it additionally units boundaries for different factions who might harbour ambitions of illegitimate political defections with the assistance of the BJP, he added.
”If Ajitdada’s faction is left with even 1 per cent of self-respect; I problem them to relinquish the clock image and face our candidates on a brand new image,” Tapase mentioned.
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