Meanwhile, the Election Commission had also ruled on February 6 that Ajit Pawar’s faction was the real NCP and permitted the faction to use the ‘clock’ symbol for the party.
The poll body too had applied test of majority in the legislative wing to arrive at its decision.
The poll body had in its order noted that the total number of NCP MLAs in Maharashtra State assembly stood at 81.
Out of this, Ajit Pawar had submitted affidavits of 57 MLAs in his support while Sharad Pawar had only 28 affidavits.
In view of this, the commission concluded that the group led by Ajit Pawar enjoyed majority support of the legislators and can lay claim to being NCP.
Source: Barandbench
