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  • NCP split: Sharad Pawar attends disqualification petition hearing; MP Sunil Tatkare cross examined

    Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar on Thursday attended the hearing at Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan of the disqualification petitions filed in connection with the split in the party in July last year after Ajit Pawar and eight MLAs joined the Ekanth Shinde government. The former Union minister was present for an hour at the hearing, being held by Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, while the Ajit Pawar faction was represented by Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare, sources said.

    Tatkare was cross examined by lawyers from the Sharad Pawar faction, they added.

    Incidentally, the Ajit Pawar faction has maintained the party has not split and has also questioned the internal election process prior to the events in July last year. Both factions have filed cross petitions with the speaker seeking disqualification of each other’s MLAs.

    The Supreme Court has set January 31 deadline for the speaker’s verdict in the NCP disqualification case.

  • Maharashtra Assembly: BJP MLA highlights lack of facilities for women MLAs

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: BJP MLA Madhuri Misal on Friday raised the issue of lack of facilities for women legislators at the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan.

    Speaking in the Assembly, Misal, a three-time MLA from Pune, lamented that restrooms for women legislators in the 20 -storey building were not more than 60 to 70 feet.

    “There are more than 20 women in the state Assembly and they don’t have a decent restroom.

    The condition of toilets is also bad,” she said.

    The MLA also pointed out the poor state of furniture kept there.

    In response to this, deputy speaker Narhari Zirwal directed that the required arrangements be made.