Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar dismissed disqualification petition against the MLAs of Ajit Pawar’s faction filed by the Sharad Pawar faction. “All the petitions seeking disqualification of MLAs are rejected,” Narwekar further said.
Rules that it was not defection, the Speaker said Ajit Pawar and others’ actions and statements between June 30 and July 2 last year were intra-party dissent.
Narwekar reiterated that Ajit Pawar-led group was the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) when two factions emerged in the party in July 2023. He said the decision of Ajit Pawar faction constituted “will of NCP political party”.
Narwekar started reading out his ruling on disqualification petitions filed by the warring factions led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and his uncle Sharad Pawar on Thursday evening.
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Published: 15 Feb 2024, 05:27 PM IST