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MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 15
In a major development, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar officially endorsed the faction led by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar as the legitimate representation of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), aligning with the recent allocation of the party’s name and symbol by the Election Commission. Narvekar emphasized that Ajit Pawar’s claims regarding the vote share remain unchallenged by the Sharad Pawar faction, and the matter of legislative majority remains uncontested. Furthermore, Narvekar dismissed the appeals from both Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar factions to disqualify MLAs following a split within the party in June 2023.