On Tuesday, the EC gave the Nationalist Congress Party name and the "clock" election symbol to the group led by Ajit Pawar, who had walked away with a majority NCP MLAs in the Maharashtra assembly in July last year and joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government. The Ajit Pawar faction is the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the EC had said in its ruling that came as a major setback to party founder Sharad Pawar. Ajit Pawar is now a deputy chief minister.
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new delhi,the election commission on friday met the warring factions of the ncp led by sharad pawar and ajit pawar over their claims to the party name and poll symbol. nationalist congress party (ncp) founder sharad pawar was
Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar was present at the personal hearing of the rival factions called by the Election Commission, which decided to continue the proceedings on October 9