NCP moves disqualification plea against Ajit Pawar, eight other MLAs

Pawar took oath as deputy CM of Maharashtra on Sunday, while the others were also inducted into the Cabinet after they joined the BJP-Shiv Sena government.

Jul 3, 2023 - 13:30

NCP moves disqualification plea against Ajit Pawar, eight other MLAs

The Nationalist Congress Party’s Maharashtra unit president Jayant Patil said on Sunday that his party has moved a disqualification petition against Ajit Pawar and eight other MLAs who took oath as ministers in the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena government, reported PTI.

The development came hours after Pawar was sworn in as the deputy chief minister. Eight other Nationalist Congress Party MLAs Dharmobaba Atram, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde, Aditi Tatkare, Anil Patil, Sanjay Bhansode also took oath.

After his oath, Pawar claimed that had support from all MLAs of the Nationalist Congress Party. He said that he did not split the party, but extended support to the BJP-Shiv Sena government as the Nationalist Congress Party itself.

However, in its disqualification plea, the Nationalist Congress Party has alleged that the defections were carried out in a “secretive manner without the consent of the party president”.

These defections were done in such a secretive manner, without the knowledge or consent of the Party President, amounts to desertion of the party which in turn invites disqualification: Resolution passed by NCP Discipline Committee against Ajit Pawar & 8 other MLAs.
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