After the Supreme Court rapped the Ajit Pawar-led NCP faction on March 14 for continuing to use photos of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar even after the split in the party, Mr. Ajit Pawar clarified that his faction was now using pictures of late Y.B. Chavan, the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Talking to reporters in Baramati (Pune district), Mr. Ajit said that after he aligned with the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in July last year, his NCP splinter faction had initially used the name and photos of his uncle, Sharad Pawar, whose party he had split.
“But after Sharad Pawar objected, we started using photos of Maharashtra’s first CM Yashwantrao Chavan,” said Mr. Ajit Pawar, who is the State’s Deputy CM and Finance Minister.
