Soon after former Congress leader and ex-Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan gave a major blow to the Congress party when he filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha from the BJP on February 15, several speculations of defection are making the rounds in the political circle
When the hearing began, it was made clear by Narwekar that nobody except the MLAs and their lawyers would be allowed inside the hall in the Vidhan Bhavan
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has filed petitions seeking the disqualification of five of its MLCs who have defected to the Ajit Pawar faction. The move comes after similar disqualification petitions were filed against 40 MLAs. The NCP leader Sharad Pawar has stated that the rebel leaders will not be taken back into the party.