New Delhi: The Sharad Pawar group, which misplaced the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) title and image to the Ajit Pawar faction, has submitted three choices for a brand new title to the Election Commission, sources stated. The group has additionally expressed its choice for the banyan tree as its new image. The three names instructed by the Sharad Pawar group are Nationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party Sharad Chandra Pawar and Nationalist Congress Party Sharadrao Pawar.
The group desires to retain the phrases “Nationalist” and “Congress” in its new title, in addition to the initials of its founder and veteran chief Sharad Pawar. The group additionally desires to make use of the banyan tree as its new image, because it represents stability, longevity, and unity.
The Election Commission had requested the Sharad Pawar group to say a brand new title and supply three preferences by Wednesday 4 pm, because the notification for the Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra is to be issued on February 8. The Sharad Pawar group has additionally challenged the Election Commission’s resolution to recognise the Ajit Pawar faction as the actual NCP and allot it the clock image within the Supreme Court.
The Sharad Pawar group has accused the Election Commission of being biased and influenced by the BJP, which is in energy on the Centre. The group has claimed that it has the help of the vast majority of the NCP MLAs, MPs, and office-bearers. The group has additionally alleged that the Ajit Pawar faction has cast the signatures and paperwork to stake declare to the NCP title and image.
The NCP break up into two factions after Ajit Pawar, the nephew of Sharad Pawar, rebelled in opposition to his uncle and joined fingers with the BJP to type a short-lived authorities in Maharashtra in November 2023.
However, he later returned to the NCP fold and supported the formation of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities led by the Shiv Sena, together with the Congress. The Sharad Pawar group has accused Ajit Pawar of betraying the occasion and the individuals of Maharashtra.
