The rift within the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has intensified with the faction led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar submitting a petition to Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar seeking the disqualification of 10 MLAs aligned with the Sharad Pawar group.
The petition filed on Thursday by Anil Bhaidas Patil, the chief whip of the Ajit Pawar faction, was reportedly in retaliation to the Sharad Pawar group’s move to petition the Deputy Chairperson of the Legislative Council, Neelam Gorhe, on September 11 to disqualify the rebel MLCs of the NCP.
The 10 MLAs named by the Ajit faction in its petition are Jayant Patil, Jitendra Awhad, Rajesh Tope, Rohit Pawar, Anil Deshmukh, Prajakt Tanpure, Balasaheb Patil, Sunil Bhusara, Sandeep Kshirsagar, and Suman Patil.
