Overview

• Kerala NCP legislators A.K. Saseendran and Thomas K. Thomas have dismissed Praful Patel’s demand to resign or realign with Ajit Pawar’s faction.
• Praful Patel’s NCP-Ajit Pawar faction suspended both leaders from primary membership for six years and threatened defection proceedings.
• The two MLAs filed affidavits in the Supreme Court declaring allegiance to Sharad Pawar’s faction while awaiting the court’s final decision on the party identity dispute.
• Kerala NCP maintained its partnership with the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front, rejecting alignment with the BJP-led NDA.
• The Election Commission’s earlier ruling that recognized Ajit Pawar’s group as the official NCP continues to drive the institutional contest over the party’s name and symbol.