Mumbai: Sharad Pawar-led NCP says dynastic politics breeds in BJP

The Sharad Pawarled Nationalist Congress Party NCP on Sunday said that the dynastic politics breeds in the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and asked the ruling party to look within before accusing others of indulging in it reported the PTIIn its national council meeting underway in Delhi the BJP is targeting the opposition on dynastic politics and nepotism the Sharad Pawarled partys national spokesperson Clyde Crasto said in a statement according to the PTIDynastic politics breeds in the BJP The BJP says it will win 370 seats on its own and its NDA alliance will get 400 seats in Lok Sabha polls If it is so confident why is constantly targeting the opposition he asked as per the PTIThe BJP is scared as the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance INDIA comprising several leading opposition parties like the Congress and NCPSP was getting stronger by the day with the support of the people Crasto saidMeanwhile the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of Sharad Pawar challenging an Election Commission order recognising the Ajit Pawarled faction as the real NCP the news agency reported on SundayA bench of Justices Surya Kant Dipankar Datta and KV Viswanathan is likely to hear Sharad Pawars plea as per the PTIOn February 16 the top court had agreed to urgently list the plea after Sharad Pawar stated that a whip may be issued by the faction led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit PawarThe veteran leader had sought an urgent hearing of his plea in the wake of twin blows suffered by the group led by him and the consequential fear of facing action for possible violations of whip by his MLAsSharad Pawar had sought urgent hearing in view of the February 15 order of Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul NarwekarRahul Narwekar held that the NCP faction led by Ajit Pawar was the real NCP and that the antidefection provisions in the Constitution cannot be used to stifle internal dissentPrior to this the poll panel announced on February 6 that the Ajit Pawar faction is the real NCP and also allotted the partys clock symbol to the groupThe special Maharashtra assembly session is beginning on February 20Sharad Pawar who founded the NCP with former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma and Tariq Anwar in 1999 after their expulsion from the Congress filed the petition through lawyer Abhishek JebarajPrior to him the Ajit Pawar faction had filed a caveat in the Supreme Court through advocate Abhikalp Pratap Singh to ensure that no exparte order is passed in favour of the Sharad Pawar group if the latter moves the top courtAjit Pawar currently a deputy chief minister in Maharashtra had walked away with a majority of NCP MLAs in July last year and supported the BJPShiv Sena government led by Eknath Shindewith PTI inputs