What next for Sharad Pawar as Ajit Pawar's NCP files caveat in Supreme Court?
Hindustan TimesThe Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party on Wednesday filed a caveat in the Supreme Court seeking a hearing if the Sharad Pawar camp moves before it challenging an Election Commission of India order recognising the party led by the Maharashtra deputy chief minister as the “real NCP”. Sharad Pawar faction spokesperson Clyde Crasto said it move the Supreme Court against the ECL's decision to give the NCP name, and 'clock' symbol to the Ajit Pawar group. On Tuesday, the ECI announced that the Ajit Pawar faction is the real NCP, in a major setback to party founder and Ajit's uncle Sharad Pawar. Ajit Pawar took eight MLAs with him from the Sharad Pawar faction, which is currently in opposition in the Maharashtra legislative assembly, to the Eknath Shinde-led government.