maharashtra politics

Baramati, April 4 – Jay Pawar, the younger son of the late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, speaking on the Baramati by-election scheduled for April 23, said on Saturday that he never imagined he would have to fight without Ajit Dada.He expressed confidence in the local support...

Nagpur/Mumbai, April 4 Maharashtra Minister and senior BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule refuted allegations on Saturday that he and his family owned hundreds of acres of land and asserted that these were deliberate attempts to tarnish his image.The state revenue minister said he would file...

Mumbai, April 4 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar has called Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray to seek his support in the by-election to the Baramati assembly seat, which she will be contesting as her party's candidate.Pawar called Thackeray on Friday to...

Mumbai, April 4 The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Saturday dismissed speculation of a power struggle and rift within the party, saying too much was being read into the communications between the top party leaders and the Election Commission of India (ECI), which took place in the wake of...

Mumbai, April 4 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis appealed to all parties on Saturday to ensure an unopposed by-election in the Baramati assembly constituency, necessitated by the death of then NCP president Ajit Pawar in a plane crash, to elect his wife and incumbent Deputy CM...

Mumbai, April 3 Activist Anjali Damania alleged on Friday that at least 17 calls were exchanged between Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the rape accused, self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, during an unspecified period in the past.Some leaders from the BJP and NCP had also...

Mumbai, April 3 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar will file her nomination on April 6 for the upcoming by-election to the Baramati assembly constituency in Pune district, party sources said on Friday.The by-election, to be held on April 23, was necessitated due...

Mumbai, April 3 – The political landscape in Maharashtra is becoming increasingly intense following the announcement of by-elections for the Baramati and Rahuri Assembly constituencies. The Congress party has expressed its determination to contest both seats after receiving a "green signal" from...

Mumbai, April 2 Amid allegations that Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare attempted to take control of the NCP after the death of then Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, his son Parth Pawar said on Thursday that the reports targeting the two senior leaders were "baseless and speculative"...

Mumbai, April 2 – A month after Sunetra Pawar took over as the national president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) following the death of her husband and former deputy chief minister, Ajit Pawar, her younger son, Jay Pawar, has officially entered the political arena.Jay Pawar has been...

Mumbai, April 2 Amid allegations that Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare attempted to seize control of the NCP after the death of then Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, his son Parth Pawar said on Thursday that the reports targeting the two senior leaders were "baseless and speculative"...

Mumbai, April 1 – Maharashtra’s Minister for Women and Child Development, Aditi Tatkare, described the incidents involving the self-proclaimed godman, Ashok Kharat, as “extremely heinous and condemnable” on Wednesday.She emphasized that there is no room for supporting such actions and aligned...

Mumbai, April 1 Maharashtra minister Aditi Tatkare said on Wednesday that NCP workers will support whatever decision NCP chief Sunetra Pawar takes regarding the merger of rival NCP factions.Claims and counter-claims about the possible merger of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the...

Mumbai, April 1 Maharashtra NCP chief Sunil Tatkare has said that merger talks between the two NCP factions were underway when then Deputy CM Ajit Pawar was alive, an admission coming weeks after a denial when the Sharad Pawar-led party had acknowledged deliberations on reunification.Tatkare...

Mumbai, April 1 The NCP (SP) on Wednesday demanded a thorough investigation into the alleged links between political leaders and self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, based on photos of them with him, while Maharashtra minister Aditi Tatkare asserted that these pictures do not imply that the...

Mumbai, April 1 – The Congress suspended seven of its corporators in the Jalna Municipal Corporation in central Maharashtra on Wednesday for allegedly assisting the BJP in the appointment of nominated members.State Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal took the action against the corporators...

Mumbai, April 1 Maharashtra NCP (SP) president Shashikant Shinde on Wednesday dismissed allegations that the Sharad Pawar-led party had given a "contract" to run a smear campaign against the ruling NCP as "baseless and childish".He was reacting to allegations raised by Nationalist Congress...

Mumbai, April 1 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Central Election Committee announced Akshay Shivajirao Kardile as its candidate for the by-election in Maharashtra’s Rahuri Assembly constituency on Wednesday.The by-election was necessitated by the death of BJP legislator and former Minister...

Mumbai, Apr 1 The president of the Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party, Sunil Tatkare, said he was aware of the merger talks between his party and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP), and asserted that he did not oppose it.Expressing disappointment that the merger talks were made public while the...

Dibrugarh/Jorhat, March 31 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claimed on Tuesday that India's neighbors had sought to "disrupt" Assam by taking advantage of the unrest here earlier, but their "efforts were unsuccessful" as the Narendra Modi government brought peace to the region...