NCP disqualification pleas verdict: Supriya Sule calls Speaker's ruling 'copy-paste' of Shiv Sena judgement

The Sharad Pawarled Nationalist Congress Party NCP leader Supriya Sule on Thursday said that Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekars ruling on the NCP disqualification pleas verdict was a copypaste of Shiv Sena verdict the PTI reportedAn invisible power was trying to finish off the NCP and Shiv Sena both important Maharashtrabased parties Supriya Sule alleged as per the PTIWhat can you expect from Narwekar His decision is laughable and copypaste of what he has done in the case of Shiv Sena where the factions led by chief minister Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray had filed disqualification petitions An invisible power is actively trying to finish off Shiv Sena and NCP two important statebased parties the Baramati MP told reporters according to the PTIWe do not have to be so naive to expect a different result The entire country is being run by bypassing rules laws and constitutional norms Supriya Sule the daughter of NCP founder Sharad Pawar said the news agency reported on ThursdayOn Rahul Narwekars observation that the antidefection provisions in the Constitutions tenth schedule should not be used to suppress internal dissent Supriya Sule said The invisible power dictates that is how the Speakers office functions and goes with a copypaste decisionShe also referred to BJP Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamys letter to BJP president J P Nadda claiming that it shows which party conducts internal elections and which one indulges in suppressing dissentSunil Tatkare Maharashtra president of the NCP expressed happiness over the ruling saying that the decision taken under Ajit Pawars leadership last year to join the Shiv SenaBJP government was upheld by the SpeakerWe are happy with the decision The Speaker has studied the constitution and given his verdict he said as per the PTIOn Supriya Sules comments Sunil Tatkare said Some people have become frustrated After the 2014 assembly polls the NCP had given support to the BJP from outside In 201617 the party had decided to join the government with the BJP A discussion was held within the party and all the 53 MLAs had supported it This process of joining the BJP government was going on for a long time the news agency reportedAs many as 43 MLAs were with Ajit Pawar when he joined the state government he notedShiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray criticised the Speakers decision saying it was on expected linesThose who formed the NCP have nothing to do with it now Those who ran away with the party are the new heads The same decision was made in the Shiv Sena case The Speaker was supposed to function as a tribunal but the decision was not unexpected the former state minister saidMaharashtra cabinet minister and NCP veteran Chhagan Bhujbal said that the Election Commission had already given a decision in favour of the Ajit Pawarled faction holding it to be the real NCPIt made our case before the Speaker stronger he addedMLA Jitendra Awhad a Sharad Pawar loyalist called the ruling is a mockery of democracy which will make a mess of Maharashtras politicsSpeakers decision is exactly opposite of what law dictates The ECI had termed Ajit Pawars appointment on June 30 as NCP president illegal How can this fact be ignored Narwekar was supposed to function as quasijudicial authority but his actions can be seen as insult to his post he saidwith PTI inputs