After the defeat in Maharashtra, Sharad Pawar reached the Supreme Court and made serious allegations against his nephew Ajit.

Maharashtra NCP Symbol Dispute: Sharad Pawar has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court before the hearing on NCP (Sharad Pawar Group) and NCP (Ajit Pawar Group) election symbol dispute. In this affidavit, he has said, ‘Ajit Pawar tried to create confusion in the minds of voters regarding the clock election symbol. ‘An attempt was made to take unfair advantage of the goodwill associated with the election symbol of a clock.’ Sharad Pawar sought permission to present six documents to prove the allegations.

What is the whole matter?
NCP (Sharad Pawar Group) chief Sharad Pawar P.A. Founded NCP in 1999 with Sangma and Tariq Anwar. But in the year 2023, the rebellion led by Ajit Pawar divided the NCP. After this, Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath Shinde-led BJP-Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) government along with 40 MLAs. Ajit Pawar was made Deputy CM. The matter reached the Election Commission.

Ajit faction gets ‘crocodile’ election symbol

The Election Commission declared Ajit Pawar’s faction as the real NCP and gave them the party name and ‘crocodile’ election symbol. Sharad Pawar faction challenged this matter in the Supreme Court. The court then allowed the Sharad Pawar group to use the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) as its name and election symbol ‘Tutari’ (in which a person is seen playing a trumpet) for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections .

The court allowed Ajit Pawar’s group to use the party name ‘NCP’ and election symbol ‘Alligator’ for the elections. Sharad Pawar faction opposed this. The matter is pending in the Supreme Court. Sharad Pawar accused Ajit Pawar’s group of violating court orders by using NCP’s name and symbol.

Pratik is the reason for the poor performance of Sharad Pawar group

Maha Vikas Aghadi had to face a crushing defeat in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Sharad Pawar’s group got only 10 seats. According to experts, Sharad Pawar group had to face defeat on at least nine seats due to independent candidates with Tutari election symbol. It is also being said that election symbols could also be the reason for the party’s poor performance on many seats.