The Supreme Court on Monday extended time till February 15 for Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to pass a final order on the plea of the Sharad Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) seeking disqualification against rebel MLAs led by Ajit Pawar.
While addressing a press conference in Pune, the NCP chief said, "We don't have to be worried about those who left the party. Instead of worrying about it, we should take up the issues of citizens and get them resolved."
"There was no discussion yet on seat sharing but yes, we had discussed that the decision on seat sharing will be taken on the basis of the elective merit (winning capacity) of the candidate at a particular seat," Ajit Pawar said.
Sule was commenting on reports that the Ajit Pawar faction has filed a plea seeking disqualification of Lok Sabha MPs, Patil (from Satara), Faizal (from Lakshwadeep), as well as Khan and Chavan, who are Rajya Sabha MPs.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth about Rs 7,500 crore across various sectors.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister (NCP) Ajit Pawar on Monday said that it is a government of three parties in the state so he will keep the issue regarding Muslim reservation before the CM and Deputy CM.
Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) on Friday made organizational changes and appointed its ministers and leaders as in-charges of several districts of Maharashtra.
NCP Nagaland president Vanthungo Odyuo has confirmed that all the seven NCP MLAs in the north-eastern state has sent a letter in favor of Deputy Chief Minister Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar on Thursday morning.
It will be the first session after former Leader of Opposition and NCP leader, Ajit Pawar, broke ranks with his uncle, Sharad Pawar, who is also the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo and joined hands with the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance along with a bunch of NCP MLAs.