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Mumbai: The Election Commission of India Tuesday recognised the Ajit Pawar-led faction of the Nationalist Congress Party as the official party and granted it the partys clock symbol...
The decision, which comes nearly a year after the election body recognised Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena as the official Shiv Sena, deals a major blow to the Sharad Pawar faction...
In its order, the ECI said that the test of legislative majority helped the Ajit Pawar faction which rebelled and broke away from the Sharad Pawar faction in June last year clinch the NCP symbol...
(The) commission holds that Ajit Pawar is the Nationalist Congress Party and is entitled to use its name and reserved symbol of clock, the ECI order said, adding that the Sharad Pawar faction will be recognised as a separate party...
For the Rajya Sabha election on 27 January, the Sharad Pawar faction can claim a new name, for which they should provide three choices, the ECI said, adding that the faction has until 4 pm on 7 February to file their application, failing which the MLAs will be treated as independents...
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