Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar ruled in favor of the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), stating that it was the true NCP political party and its MLAs could not be disqualified. This decision came after disqualification petitions were filed by both the Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar factions against each other following Ajit Pawar's involvement in the Eknath Shinde government with 41 MLAs.
