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Rahul Narwekar disposed of a bunch of disqualification petitions Wednesday that had been filed by rival factions of Shiv Sena, and now another bunch of petitions filed by rival NCP factions are lying on his plate for disposal..
NCP (Ajit Pawar 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..
Jeetendra Awhad of NCP Sharad Pawar faction said Ajit violated the 10th Schedule of the Constitution..
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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