Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Monday said he will take appropriate action on the Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) plea seeking disqualification of Ajit Pawar and other eight party MLAs, who have taken oath as ministers in the Eknath Shinde-led government, reported news agency PTI.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Narwekar said, "I have received the petition filed by Jayant Patil seeking disqualification of the nine NCP MLAs. I will read it carefully. I will study the points mentioned and take appropriate action on the petition."