Charting a separate path from the INDIA bloc again, the NCP (SP) has decided to be a part of the Joint Committee of Parliament set up to discuss the three Bills which propose automatic disqualification of ministers, including the Prime Minister, if they have been in jail for a consecutive 30 days on serious charges.

The NCP (SP) insists that not much be read into the decision, and that it is in line with party supremo Sharad Pawar taking an independent line on issues. However, ahead of the Bihar elections, a division within the ranks is hardly the message the Opposition wants to send.

Speaking to reporters in Pune , NCP (SP) Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule said their party was clear on its opposition to the Bills, and saw the Joint Committee of Parliament as a forum to put forward its view

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