Rebel leader Praful Patel stated that Sharad Pawar's election as the president of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in 2022 was 'illegal' as it was not done as per party constitution. The NCP was run without following the party constitution or election commission rules, he alleged. Patel also mentioned that the September 2022 national convention of the party was illegal. Patel claimed that the party had not split and Ajit Pawar was elected as their leader. They approached the election commission seeking the party name and symbol.
