PARIWAR FUED INTENSIFIES!

Mumbai: Election Commission has received a petition from Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar staking claim to NCP and party symbol, sources said. The sources said the EC has also received a caveat from Jayant Patil, who is with the Sharad Pawar group. The sources said the poll panel also received a resolution unanimously electing Ajit as NCP president.

The crisis in NCP escalated on Wednesday with Sr, Jr Pawar groups holding many meetings in Mumbai as a show of strength.