Senior leader Jayant Patil announced that the Sharad Pawar-led NCP faction intends to challenge the Election Commission s decision acknowledging the Ajit Pawar faction as the legitimate Nationalist Congress Party in the Supreme Court. Patil emphasized their determination to pursue legal recourse, expressing hope that the Supreme Court would intervene by temporarily halting the ECI s ruling.
On July 5, the picture will be clear as both the factions – the ones led by Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar – of the NCP have called a meeting of their leaders and supporters at two different locations in Mumbai