NCP split: Supriya Sule says her group will seek justice

Lok Sabha member and Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar leader Supriya Sule on Wednesday said her faction will approach relevant forums to seek complete justice in the dispute related to the party and the 2023 split reported news agency PTIEarlier in the day the Election Commission allotted Nationalist Congress PartySharadchandra Pawar as the party name for the group led by Sharad PawarThe order by the poll authority came a day after it gave the Nationalist Congress Party name and the clock election symbol to the group led by Ajit Pawar who had walked away with a majority NCP MLAs in the Maharashtra assembly in July last year and joined the Shiv SenaBJP governmentNCP split Sule says her faction will approach relevant forumsSule daughter of Sharad Pawar said her faction will approach relevant forums to seek complete justice reported PTIThe Lok Sabha MP also reposted her partys post about the EC order on social media platform X saying it has given an interim arrangement for their factionThe ECI has given an interim arrangement for us to be recognised as the Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar We shall be approaching the relevant forum to seek complete justice nevertheless said the partys postSeveral of her party colleagues including Jayant Patil reposted itNCP split Awhad raises doubts over the EC verdictNationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar leader and MLA Jitendra Awhad raised doubts over the EC verdict on giving the party name and symbol to the Ajit Pawar factionThe Supreme Court has already stated that majority of elected representatives alone can not decide who would control and lead a political party Despite that the EC accepted Ajit Pawar factions claim and gave its decision said the former minister reported PTIAwhad said details of the June 30 2023 meeting called by a section in the NCP in Mumbai two days ahead of the split were suppressedThe Ajit Pawar faction claimed that during the meeting held on June 30 2023 Ajit Pawar was appointed as the national leader of the party How many people were there who gave the notice for that meeting he asked reported PTINCP split Supporters of the Sharad Pawar faction deface board bearing the name of Ajit PawarMeanwhile supporters of the Sharad Pawar group while protesting the ECs decision on Tuesday defaced a board bearing the name of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar which was placed at the entrance of the NCP office in Pune reported PTIIn the evening party functionaries belonging to the Ajit Pawarled NCP sought an explanation from Prashant Jagtap the city unit president of NCP Sharadchandra Pawar over the defacement of Ajit Pawars name on the board reported PTIJagtap accepted the act was wrong and said though there is a split in the party supporters on both sides should respect senior leaders of each others factions reported PTIWith inputs from PTI