NCP Split: The Supreme Court of India on Monday posted for hearing on the October 13 plea of Sharad Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) seeking directions to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to act against rebel MLAs led by Ajit Pawar.

On Sunday, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) working president Supriya Sule singled out her estranged senior colleague Praful Patel as she dismissed the "childish and laughable" allegations by the Ajit Pawar camp against NCP founder and her father Sharad Pawar, according to the PTI.