NCP vs NCP: In reference to the revolt by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Sharad Pawar, the leader of the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar, said he was not concerned about losing the NCP name and symbol but said people did not approve of those who chose to go on a different path. Adding, he said power comes and goes but ideology, policies and the thought to take the country forward are permanent.
"But some of our colleagues deviated from this path. Some took away the party, some took away the symbol. I never worry about all this. Some people chose to go on a different path by forsaking ideology but people did not appreciate this move," Pawar said as quoted by news agency PTI.
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On losing the NCP party name and symbol, Pawar said it never happened before that those who formed a political party were removed from the party. "It has never happened before that those who formed a political party were removed from the party. This decision was not in accordance with the law. We have approached the Supreme Court in this matter. We will need to increase our public outreach," news agency ANI quoted Pawar saying.
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Amid the fight for the NCP name and symbol, Pawar on Friday sought an urgent hearing before the Supreme Court on a plea challenging the Election Commission's order recognising the party led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's faction as the "real NCP".
Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Sharad Pawar, stated that the plea needed urgent listing in view of a recent order of the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar. Recently, Narwekar held that the NCP faction led by Ajit Pawar was the real NCP and that the anti-defection provisions in the Constitution cannot be used to stifle internal dissent.
"Now the Sharad Pawar group will be under the party whip when the assembly starts functioning... our case is worse than Uddhav Thackeray as we have not been allotted any alternate poll symbol," Singhvi said.
(With Agencies Inputs)