The Election Commission has officially recognized Ajit Pawar`s faction as the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), citing a "test of legislative majority" as a determining factor in the decision. This move comes after disputed internal organizational elections within the NCP.

"This Commission holds that the faction led by the Petitioner, Sh. Ajit Anantrao Pawar, is the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and is entitled to use its name and reserved symbol "clock" for the purposes of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968," Election Commission`s order read.