After the ECI ruled that the Ajit Pawar faction is the real NCP, Prashant Jagtap said the poll body is working under pressure from the Union government led by Narendra Modi.
On Wednesday, Jagtap led by party workers staged a protest against the EC decision and some party supporters removed the plaque of Ajit Pawar from the office premises and broke it with a hammer. This didn’t go down well with the Ajit Pawar faction, as former corporator Datta Sagare reached the city NCP office premises to protest against it.
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Veteran politician Sharad Pawar's party has a new name - the Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar - the Election Commission said Wednesday, a day after it ruled the faction led by his nephew, Ajit Pawar, is the 'real' NCP.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Election Commission settled the dispute over party symbol in favour of the faction led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.