NCP requests speaker to take action against rebels: Jayant Patil

Maharashtra unit president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Jayant Patil said that he requested an urgent hearing with the speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. The party has sent a petition to the speaker, seeking action in response to the defection of nine out of 53 NCP MLAs. Patil has stated that the NCP will provide the defected MLAs with a fair opportunity to return to the party.