Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar moves SC against use of his photos, clock symbol by Ajit Pawar’s NCP
The Nationalist Congress Party founder claimed that his nephew’s party violated Supreme Court orders to garner public goodwill in the state Assembly polls.
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Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the alleged misuse of his photographs and the disputed clock symbol by the Ajit Pawar-led breakaway faction of the party during the Maharashtra Assembly elections, reported The Hindu.
Sharad Pawar alleged that his nephew used the symbol to “benefit from the goodwill associated with it”, The Hindu reported.
Sharad Pawar’s faction of the Nationalist Congress Party is part of the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra, in alliance with the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and the Congress. The Ajit Pawar-led faction of the party is part of the ruling Mahayuti alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena group led by former Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan has been hearing a petition moved by Sharad Pawar in October, seeking to stop his nephew’s group from using the clock symbol in the polls. The petition sought a new election symbol for the Ajit Pawar faction to prevent confusion among voters.
On October 24, the court told Ajit Pawar’s party to add a disclaimer to all its campaign material for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, clarifying that its use of the “clock” symbol is sub-judice.
On November 13, it directed Ajit Pawar not to use photographs and...
