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 .

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.

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

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

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.

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