maharashtra politics

In Mumbai, Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal has accused the BJP of creating a controversy by comparing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan, in an attempt to shift public attention away from key issues.On Monday, the Congress leader faced criticism from the Shiv Sena...

Pune/Mumbai, February 16 Asawari Jagdale, the daughter of a victim of the terror attack in Pahalgam, claimed on Monday that she is still waiting for the job that the Maharashtra government had promised her after the tragedy, even as BJP leader Navnath Ban assured that he would take up the...

Bengaluru, February 16 – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Karnataka unit president B.Y. Vijayendra launched a scathing attack on state Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday over his controversial remarks against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and questioned the relevance of the Congress.In a...

Mumbai, February 16 – Maharashtra’s political landscape is witnessing a major shift as newly appointed Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar takes charge of her official duties. Arriving in Mumbai from Baramati, she has called a meeting at 'Devgiri', her official residence, on Monday evening.The...

Wardha, February 16 Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal has claimed that the BJP is criticizing his statement about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Tipu Sultan, as it wants to divert people's attention from basic issues and also the contents of the Epstein files.Sapkal is under fire...

Wardha, February 15 Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Sunday that his statement about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Tipu Sultan is being criticized by the BJP, as the party wants to divert people's attention from the core issues of the state and also from the contents...

Mumbai, February 14 – Shashikant Shinde, the Maharashtra unit president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Sharad Pawar, announced on Saturday that the merger is now closed for the party, as Ajit Pawar, who was negotiating it, is no longer alive.“The decision regarding the merger...

Mumbai, February 14 The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday said the BJP's attack on the Uddhav Thackeray-led party over appointing Syed Iqbal, a Muslim, as mayor of Parbhani reflects its mental bankruptcy.In an editorial in Shiv Sena (UBT)'s mouthpiece, Saamana, the party said the BJP has no problem...

Mumbai, February 14 Leaders of the NCP and NCP (SP) on Saturday intensified their attacks on each other regarding the merger process of the two factions, as well as an article written about Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash on January 28.While NCP leader Anand Paranjpe demanded an apology...

Mumbai, February 14 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday claimed that NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar wants to contest the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, and the opposition bloc Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will hold discussions on the matter.Speaking to reporters, Raut also said it is...

Mumbai, February 14 – Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (SS-UBT) on Saturday criticized the BJP for criticizing Syed Iqbal's election as Mayor of the Parbhani Municipal Corporation, calling it "intellectual bankruptcy."The Thackeray camp strongly defended Syed Iqbal's election, saying it...

Pune, February 13 Senior NCP leader Hasan Mushrif admitted on Friday that the late party president, Ajit Pawar, was in talks with NCP (SP) leaders about the merger of the two factions.Speaking to reporters in Kolhapur, Mushrif, a cabinet minister in Maharashtra, said the situation has changed...

Mumbai, February 13 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said on Friday that action will be taken against local leaders in Chandrapur who supported the bitter rival BJP in the mayoral elections.Speaking to reporters here, Raut said whatever happened in Chandrapur was not the position of party...

Mumbai, February 13 Senior NCP leader Praful Patel said on Friday that the immediate priority was to strengthen the party's organization and that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, who is set to take over as the outfit's national president in the next fortnight following the death...

Mumbai, February 13 NCP (SP) Maharashtra president Shashikant Shinde has claimed that "manoeuvres by invisible forces, threats, and a web of false allegations" created a situation that compelled the late Ajit Pawar to step out of the parent organization, leading to the split in the Sharad...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, February 13 Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Jadhav responded to the BJP's "Aurangzeb" remarks regarding the Parbhani mayoral election on Thursday, stating that the saffron party should not give lessons about Hindutva, given that it had allied with the AIMIM in two municipal...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, February 12 Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Syed Iqbal was elected as the new Mayor of Parbhani city in central Maharashtra, with the support of the Congress, defeating his BJP rival Tirumala Khillare by a comfortable margin of 13 votes.Iqbal, whose party contested the...

Thane, February 11 New Thane Mayor Sharmila Pimpalolkar formally took office at the civic body headquarters on Wednesday, in the presence of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, eight days after being unopposed elected to the post. A Shiv Sena corporator, Pimpalolkar was elected to...

Mumbai, February 11 MVA allies Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress engaged in a heated exchange of words on Wednesday over the events in Maharashtra's Chandrapur municipal body, in which the former supported the rival BJP in the mayoral elections a day earlier. While Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut...

Mumbai, February 11 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, whose party surprised everyone by supporting the rival BJP in the mayoral elections in Maharashtra's Chandrapur municipal body, squarely blamed his MVA ally, the Congress, for the "mess" on Wednesday. He said the Congress should be...