Maharashtra polls: SC directs Ajit Pawar’s NCP not to use Sharad Pawar’s photos in campaign material
‘You try to stand up on your own legs, now that you have ideological difference,’ the Supreme Court told the Nationalist Congress Party.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Ajit Pawar-led faction of the Nationalist Congress Party not to use photos and videos of party founder Sharad Pawar in its campaign material for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls, reported Live Law.
“You try to stand up on your own legs, now that you have ideological difference with Sharad Pawar,” said the bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, according to Bar and Bench.
The court was hearing a petition moved by Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party faction in October, seeking to stop the rival group from using the clock symbol in the state polls.
The petition sought that the Ajit Pawar faction should be given a new election symbol to prevent confusion among voters. There was a need for fairness and clarity in the electoral process, the Sharad Pawar-led group said.
Appearing for the Sharad Pawar faction on Wednesday, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi submitted to the court photos and videos published by Ajit Pawar faction candidate Amol Mitkari.
Singhvi said that the rival group was trying to “piggyback” on the reputation of Sharad Pawar, reported Live Law. He added that the Ajit Pawar faction was not complying with the top court’s previous order.
On October 24, the Supreme Court told Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party to add a disclaimer to all its...
