Everyone knows who founded the NCP, says Sharad Pawar
The Hindu
Sharad Pawar, founder of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), said he will be present in Delhi on Oct 6 for the Election Commission of India's hearing on the split within the NCP. He said people know who founded the NCP and it is important to listen to them. The NCP patriarch split from the Congress in 1999 and on July 2 this year, his nephew Ajit Pawar aligned with the BJP-Shiv Sena govt.
Everybody knows who founded the Nationalist Congress Party, president of the NCP Sharad Pawar said on Sunday. Mr. Pawar said he would be present in Delhi on October 6 during the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) hearing on the split within the NCP.
“Everyone in Maharashtra and people outside the State know very well who founded the NCP. I have been roaming across Maharashtra. Common people have a clear view about this issue [schism within NCP]. Ultimately, it is important what the people think,” Mr. Pawar said.
The NCP patriarch founded his party in 1999 when he split the Congress. On July 2 this year, his nephew Ajit Pawar split the NCP by aligning himself and other senior leaders with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena government led by CM Eknath Shinde.
Since then, a struggle for supremacy has ensued within the NCP with the rebel faction led by Ajit Pawar staking claim to the party name and symbol before the ECI.
Mr. Pawar said: “Those who have joined hands with the BJP cannot belong to the NCP. We do not accept compromise of this kind.”
The day after Ajit Pawar’s rebellion on July 2, the Sharad Pawar group had moved a disqualification petition against nine MLAs who were sworn in as ministers.
Since then, the Sharad Pawar camp has filed petitions to disqualify the rebel legislators from the Maharashtra Legislative Council as well, while the Ajit Pawar-led faction has filed counter-petitions seeking disqualification of MLAs loyal to the Sharad Pawar group from the Assembly.
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