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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on October 13 a plea moved by the Sharad Pawar-led faction of the NCP over the disqualification of 40 MLAs of the rebel group led by his nephew, Ajit Pawar. The senior Pawar’s faction wants an expeditious decision on the petitions filed by it against the rival group, which affected a vertical split in the party.

The Sharad Pawar group had approached the Supreme Court seeking directives to Maharashtra Assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar to take action against MLAs who shifted loyalty to Ajit Pawar. The party had filed petitions against 40 MLAs over “anti-party” activities.

This comes days after the Elections Commission began hearing Ajit Pawar’s petition claiming the party’s name and election symbol.

The Sharad Pawar faction is hoping to compel the Speaker to act on its disqualification plea.

Maharashtra NCP president Jayant Patil had filed a writ before the Supreme Court on September 24. A party insider had told Hindustan Times that they had sought “directives to the speaker who has done nothing in over three months since our first disqualification petition was filed before him on July 2.”

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