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A bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan also allowed the Sharad Pawar camp to continue using the name Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar.
Mumbai, Jan 10 (PTI) The political temperature has risen in Maharashtra ahead of the crucial verdict by the assembly speaker on the cross-petitions by Shiv Sena factions seeking disqualification of each other's MLAs following a split in the party.
“Ajit Pawar is our leader and he has taken a different route… Just because of that there is no reason to call it a split,” said the 83-year-old NCP supremo while interacting with mediapersons.