Maha Assembly election: SC questions Ajit Pawar for using Sharad Pawar's name, tells him to stand up on his own legs

The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) as to why it was repeatedly using the name of the veteran leader Sharad Pawar - head of the rival Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) - during the campaigning for the ongoing State assembly election in Maharashtra.

- PARMOD KUMAR

A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan told the Ajit Pawar faction that they have to fight the elections on their own identity and should not take Sharad Pawar's name during the electioneering.

Asking Ajit Pawar to stand on his own legs and instruct the members of his party not to use the pictures and videos of Sharad Pawar, the bench observed that voters are wise enough to see through any confusion.

"You try to stand up on your own legs, now that you have ideological differences with Sharad Pawar," it said.