No rest for Maharashtra Speaker as January 31 deadline for NCP case looms

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Rahul Narwekar disposed of a bunch of disqualification petitions Wednesday that had been filed by rival factions of..

, and now another bunch of petitions filed by rival NCP factions are lying on his plate for disposal..

The speaker will pronounce his verdict thereafter.. faction) chief Sunil Tatkare said the NCP case was different from the Shiv Sena case, where the case pertained to validity of whip and whether the whips issued by the rival factions were legally valid..

The Ajit Pawar faction has already approached the EC with the plea that Ajit Pawar be recognised as the head of NCP and the clock symbol be allotted to his faction..

Awhad said on July 2, immediately after Ajit was sworn in as deputy CM, the Sharad Pawar faction moved the Speaker for his and the others' disqualification..

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