Vigilance of NCP symbol will remain in Ajit Pawar group
Voting will be held on November 20 ahead of the 2024 Assembly elections in Maharashtra. The election results will be announced on November 23. Meanwhile, a dispute between Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar regarding the NCP is still going on. This matter is currently before the Supreme Court. A hearing was held in the Supreme Court today in this matter, after which it was decided that the NCP’s electoral symbol will remain with the Ajit Pawar faction in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. The Supreme Court said the Ajit Pawar faction can use the clock symbol with a disclaimer. At the same time, the Supreme Court did not accept the demand of the Sharad Pawar faction to remove the clock symbol of the Ajit Pawar faction.
The Supreme Court said this
During the hearing of the case, the Supreme Court asked the Ajit Pawar group to file a fresh affidavit before the Supreme Court and tell them that they will file a disclaimer as per the Supreme Court’s March 19 order. The Supreme Court told the Ajit Pawar group that the disclaimer order should be followed at all costs. In a nutshell, the Supreme Court has given permission to the Ajit Pawar faction to use the clock election symbol on the condition that they put up a disclaimer symbol round the clock during the election campaign. We tell you that the next hearing for this case will take place on November 6.
The court said: Do not create an embarrassing situation.
The Supreme Court told the Ajit Pawar faction that the court’s disclaimer order had to be followed. Let us tell you that on March 10, 2024, the Supreme Court said in its order that the Ajit Pawar faction had asked to write a disclaimer along with its election symbol that the dispute related to this election symbol is pending in the court and this party . has no connection with Sharad Pawar Is. The court has asked the Ajit Pawar group to file an affidavit in this regard. The next hearing will take place on November 6. The Supreme Court said we expect both sides to follow our instructions. Do not create an embarrassing situation, if we discover that an attempt has been made to deliberately violate our order, we can initiate contempt by taking suo motu cognizance.
