Those who betrayed my ideology...: Sharad Pawar

Nationalist Congess Party president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said those who "betrayed" his ideology should not use his photograph.

"Only the party of which I am the national president and Jayant Patil the state president can use my photograph," he told reporters in Mumbai.

In his lifetime, it was his prerogative to decide who should use his photograph, he said.

"Those who betrayed my ideology and with whom I have ideological differences cannot use my photograph," the veteran leader added.

Incidentally, Pawar's photo was seen at the new office of the Ajit faction in south Mumbai which was inaugurated on Tuesday.

Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar and eight other MLAs of the Nationalist Congress Party on Sunday joined the BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra.

The Ajit Pawar group has removed Jayant Patil as state NCP president. Patil, on the other hand, has submitted a petition to the assembly speaker seeking to disqualify Ajit and his associates.