Party’s working president and MP Supriya Sule said Ajit Pawar’s joining the government is “painful” but her relationship with him would remain the same
Team Clarion
NEW DELHI — The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has filed a disqualification petition with the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar against Ajit Pawar and eight other party leaders who on Sunday joined the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in the state.
“We have filed a disqualification petition with the speaker of the assembly, and we will send hard copies as soon as possible. This disqualification petition was filed against nine leaders,” NCP leader Jayant Patil was quoted as saying in the media.
He added that they didn’t inform anyone about their leaving the party, which is against the NCP rules. “We have also written a letter to the Election Commission of India. We are not accepting this; these nine leaders didn’t inform us before doing this (leaving the party),” he said.
Jayant Patil further said he believes most of the MLAs will come back to the party fold. “We will accept them again,” he added.
NCP working president and MP Supriya Sule said Ajit Pawar’s joining the government is “painful” but her relationship with him would remain the same.
“My relationship with Ajit Pawar will not change, he will always remain my elder brother. We will rebuild the party,” said Sule.
“Whatever happened is painful. Sharad Pawar treated everyone like a family and he is our senior leader,” Sule added.
