Baramati, Feb. 17 -- Veteran politician Sharad Pawar said on Saturday the Election Commission's decision to recognise the group led by his nephew Ajit Pawar as the 'real' Nationalist Congress Party was "not in accordance with law" and he has approached the Supreme Court against it.

"It has never happened before that those who formed a political party were removed from the party. Not only this, but the party symbol was also taken away. This decision was not in accordance with the law. We have approached the Supreme Court in this matter. We will need to increase our public outreach," said Sharad Pawar today.

After losing the NCP party name and symbol, Sharad Pawar claimed on Saturday that the decision was not in accordance with the law. ...