Following a rift between the Sharad Pawar and the Ajit Pawar factions of the NCP, the Election Commission of India recognised the Ajit Pawar's party as the real NCP based on its legislative majority and allotted the 'clock' symbol to it.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) asking it to "stand up on your legs" and not use Sharad Pawar's name and photos in the ongoing election campaign in Maharashtra for the upcoming assembly polls.

The Supreme Court asked the Ajit Pawar faction to stand on its feet and not depend on Sharad Pawar’s name for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly polls.

The Supreme Court said it had full faith in the wisdom of the voters but the order of the court to provide a level-playing field had to be respected

The Supreme Court has ordered Ajit Pawar's faction of the NCP to stop using images of Sharad Pawar in the Maharashtra elections, emphasizing the need for separate identities amid ongoing disputes between the factions.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Ajit Pawar-led NCP not to use the name, photo, or videos of his uncle, NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar, ahead of the November 20 assembly elections in Maharashtra.

Supreme Court instructed Ajit Pawar's faction of NCP not to use photos and videos of Sharad Pawar as Maharashtra goes to polls next week.

You try to stand up on your own legs, now that you have ideological difference,’ the Supreme Court told the Nationalist Congress Party.

The bench led by Justice Surya Kant instructed both factions of the NCP to respect voter wisdom and focus on the electoral battlefield.

The Supreme Court has directed Ajit Pawar's NCP not to depend on Sharad Pawar's pictures for poll campaign in Maharashtra.