Taking a combative stand against the rebel Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP group has petitioned the Deputy Chairperson of the Maharashtra Legislative Council, Neelam Gorhe, to disqualify the rebel NCP legislators in the Upper House of the State Legislature.
According to sources, two applications from the Sharad Pawar faction — one in the name of NCP State president and Sharad Pawar loyalist Jayant Patil, and the other in the name of Jitendra Ahwad, general secretary of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP group — have been received by Ms. Gorhe regarding the disqualification of rebel NCP MLCs.
Mr. Patil’s application seeks the disqualification of NCP legislators Vikram Kale, Satish Chavan, Amol Mitkari and Aniket Tatkare in the Council, while Mr. Ahwad’s petition urges the disqualification of veteran NCP leader and longtime MLC Ramraje Naik-Nimbalkar.
