New Delhi:
The battle over the clock – the election image of the Nationalist Congress Celebration – has heated up once more forward of the meeting election in Maharashtra, with the Sharad Pawar faction of the celebration approaching the Supreme Courtroom. The NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) has filed a petition to cease the Ajit Pawar faction from utilizing the “clock” image. The court docket will hear the petition on October 15.
Within the petition, the Sharad Pawar faction has stated the usage of the clock by the Ajit Pawar faction throughout the Lok Sabha election earlier this 12 months had induced appreciable confusion amongst voters. They’ve appealed {that a} new image be grated to the opposite facet.
The NCP title and ballot image was awarded to the Ajit Pawar faction of the celebration by the Election Fee after Pawar Junior rebelled in opposition to his uncle and joined fingers with the ruling alliance in Maharashtra in July final 12 months.
However forward of the just lately concluded Lok Sabha election, the highest court docket had barred the Ajit Pawar faction from utilizing the clock image and ordered that they make it clear to the those that the image was sub judice.
The voters made it clear who they thought was the true NCP. The Sharad Pawar faction received eight seats in comparison with the one seat received by the Ajit Pawar faction.
The opposite celebration for which the Election Fee used an identical components — the Shiv Sena which had additionally break up – additionally obtained an identical message from the voters.
The end result was dismal for the ruling alliance, with the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi -the alliance of Congress, Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena and the Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP – profitable 30 of the state’s 48 seats. The ruling alliance received 17. One seat went to an Unbiased candidate.
The Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP has been dealing with setbacks since with a bit of their leaders quitting and returning to Sharad Pawar.
The Sharad Pawar faction has additionally filed an enchantment within the Supreme Courtroom, difficult the Election Fee’s choice to recognise the Ajit Pawar faction as the true NCP, which is presently being heard.