NCP vs NCP: The Supreme Court on Tuesday instructed the Election Commission to recognise the Sharad Pawar faction of NCP — ‘Nationalist Congress Party — Sharad Chandra Pawar’ title and ‘man blowing turha’ symbol for Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections.
The Supreme Court additionally requested the Election Commission to reserve the ‘man blowing turha’ symbol for the Sharad Pawar faction and says it mustn’t allot the symbol to another social gathering or candidate.
Supreme Court directed Ajit Pawar faction to problem a public discover in English, Hindi, Marathi media and point out in all its marketing campaign advertisements that the ‘clock’ symbol allotted to it’s topic to the result of the case pending earlier than it on problem to the ECI order of recognising Ajit Pawar’s group as ‘real NCP’.
