Election Commission Awards Control of NCP to Ajit Pawar Group  

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (EC) handed over the control of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to Ajit Pawar group on Tuesday.

Last year, Ajit Pawar broke relations with the NCP founder Sharad Pawar to support the formation of an NDA government in Maharashtra.

The EC relied on the support of legislators to come up with the decision in support of Ajit Pawar, whose party has 81 legislators (MPs, MLAs and MLCs) in Maharashtra, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Jharkhand and Nagaland. Ajit Pawar received 57 affidavits of support from them, while his uncle Sharad Pawar received 28. A few legislators gave affidavits for both.