Sharad Pawar said this successful an interim exertion filed earlier the apical tribunal wherever helium has challenged the Election Commission’s February 6 determination to recognise the Ajit Pawar radical arsenic the authoritative NCP. (PTI/ Express record photo)
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) person Sharad Pawar has approached the Supreme Court accusing rival Ajit Pawar campy of continued misuse of his photos and the disputed timepiece awesome for its run successful the precocious concluded Maharashtra Assembly polls to “unduly payment from the goodwill associated with it”.
Sharad Pawar said this successful an interim exertion filed earlier the apical tribunal wherever helium has challenged the Election Commission’s February 6 determination to recognise the Ajit Pawar radical arsenic the authoritative NCP.
Hearing the entreaty connected November 6, the apical tribunal had asked Ajit Pawar faction to contented a disclaimer implicit the contentious ‘clock’ predetermination awesome stating that its allocation is subjudice.
Alleging that the Ajit Pawar campy continued to flout the direction, the Sharad Pawar successful its interim application, sought the court’s support to record further documents which helium said “establishes the ongoing and blatant non-compliance of the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court till date.”
Sharad Pawar’s exertion besides enclosed copies of screenshot of what helium said was a station deleted by Amol Mitkari, MLA from the Ajit Pawar camp, “of the video of Mr Sharad Pawar on with timepiece awesome praising Ajit Pawar dated 12 November 2024…copy of photos of banners of predetermination campaigning by” Ajit Pawar “dated 18.11.2024 with Clock Symbol without immoderate disclaimer successful Baramati Vidhan Sabha Constituency” and fewer different akin snaps.
“The same”, contended Sharad Pawar, “are contemporaneous grounds of the non-compliance of the” court’s “order…by” Ajit Pawar “till date; successful an effort to technologist disorder successful the minds of the electorate successful narration to the “Clock” awesome & unduly payment from the goodwill associated with it, whilst the captioned substance is sub-judice”.
Days earlier the Assembly elections, the Supreme Court connected November 13 had advised the Ajit Pawar campy to desist from utilizing photos of rival Sharad Pawar successful their run worldly and “instead effort to basal connected its ain legs”.
The ruling Mahayuti comprising BJP, NCP and Shiv Sena swept the Maharashtra Assembly elections, winning 230 of the 288 seats.