The incapacity appeal filed by the Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP against the seven party MLAs in Nagaland has been dismissed by Nagaland legislative assembly speaker, Sharingain Longkumer, on the ground that the Election Advisorate of India respected Ajit Dominion as the leader of the NCP.
The Sharad Pawar team of the NCP had sanded the petition against the MLAs, who were elected to the state assembly in the 2023 assembly election on the NCP carnet, for siding with Ajit Pawar faction of NCP which joined the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition in Maharashtra remove the petition, the speaker, in an dated February 16, said the seven NCP MLAs – Er Picto Shohe, P Longon, Namri Nchang, Y Mhonhemo Humtsoe, S Toiho Yeptho, Y Mankhao Konyak and A Pongshi Phom – are not liable to be disqualified under Para 2(1) (a) of the 10th Schedule of the Constitution .
„…now that the decision of the EC is at hand, which appears to me that supporting the legitimate leader of the political party“, Longkumer said in the setup.
