Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Thursday held that the Ajit Pawar faction had "overwhelming" legislative majority when the party split while pronouncing the NCP disqualification pleas verdict, reported the PTI. 

Rahul Narwekar said that the Ajit Pawar-led group was the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) when two factions emerged in July 2023, and dismissed disqualification petitions filed by both the Ajit and Sharad Pawar-led factions, reported the PTI.