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New Delhi, March 5 – Nitish Kumar, the longest-serving chief minister of Bihar, and BJP president Nitin Nabin are set to be elected to the Rajya Sabha unopposed, along with NCP-SP supremo and veteran politician Sharad Pawar, who will return to the upper house after filing his nomination papers...

Mumbai, March 5 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, said on Thursday that by nominating Jyoti Waghmare as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the party has sent a message to its workers that hard work is not unnoticed.Shinde also said...

Mumbai, March 5: Six candidates from the Mahayuti alliance, including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde, along with opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) nominee and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, filed their nominations on Thursday for the seven Rajya Sabha seats...

Mumbai, March 5 Six candidates from the ruling Mahayuti alliance, including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and BJP leader Vinod Tawde, and opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi nominee Sharad Pawar, are set to be elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha.On the last day of filing nominations for the March...

Mumbai, March 5 Two members of Maharashtra's politically influential Pawar family are set to become Rajya Sabha members from the state simultaneously, with veteran politician Sharad Pawar and his grandnephew Parth, son of late Ajit Pawar, being in the fray from rival camps.Both of them filed...

Mumbai, March 5 Six candidates from the Mahayuti alliance, including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and BJP leader Vinod Tawde, along with opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi nominee Sharad Pawar, filed their nominations on Thursday for the seven Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra that will become...

New Delhi, March 5: The process for filing nominations for the biennial elections to the Council of States, Rajya Sabha, will begin on Thursday, with candidates set to contest 37 seats in the Upper House.The Election Commission of India (ECI) had on February 18 announced the schedule for the...

Mumbai, March 4 – NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) Working President and MP Supriya Sule thanked the leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Wednesday for extending their support to party chief Sharad Pawar, who will contest the Rajya Sabha election from Maharashtra. The polling is scheduled for...

Mumbai, March 4 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar is set to get a fresh term in the Rajya Sabha after the Congress on Wednesday declared support to him as the opposition bloc's candidate from Maharashtra for the lone seat it can win in the March 16 polls to the Upper House of...

Mumbai, March 4 – After intense deliberations, the Congress announced its support for NCP-SP chief and former Union Minister Sharad Pawar in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for March 16.The announcement was made at a press conference by state Congress president Harshwardhan...

Mumbai, March 4 The Congress declared its support for Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate for Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra, where the opposition bloc is in a position to win one of the seven seats falling vacant.AICC general...

Mumbai, March 4 Senior NCP (SP) leader Jayant Patil ruled out the possibility of a merger between the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party on Wednesday and admitted that talks had stopped after NCP chief Ajit Pawar was killed in a plane crash.He asserted that the issue of...

Mumbai, March 4 – The internal process to reunite the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has come to a complete standstill following the untimely death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Senior NCP (SP) leader Jayant Patil clarified that while a merger was nearing...

Mumbai, March 4 The BJP announced four candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra, including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and former state minister Vinod Tawde.Besides Athawale and Tawde, the party has also fielded Nagpur ex-mayor Maya Chintaman Ivnate and former...

Mumbai, March 3 Shiv Sena leader and former minister Aaditya Thackeray said on Tuesday that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has not yet decided on the Rajya Sabha seat, adding that a decision will be made soon.He confirmed that NCP SP leaders Supriya Sule and Jayant Patil met with Shiv Sena UBT...

Mumbai, March 2 The ruling BJP on Monday criticized Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut over his comments on the ongoing conflict in West Asia, advising him to focus on preventing a split in votes within the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) during the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.The last date...

Mumbai, March 2 Following the untimely death of former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, his wife, Sunetra Pawar, officially assumed the role of National President of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on February 26, signaling a definitive shift in the state's political landscape, effectively...

Mumbai, March 2 Shiv Sena(UBT) legislator and former Minister Aaditya Thackeray stated on Monday that there is no impasse in discussions regarding the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for March 16. He said that all parties involved in the Maha Vikas Aghadi are in dialogue with one another and...

Mumbai, March 2 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray denied any deadlock in MVA talks for the Rajya Sabha elections on Monday, asserting that the single winnable seat should go to his party due to its numerical strength.The Rajya Sabha elections for the seven seats in Maharashtra will be...

New Delhi, February 27 Several politicians have successfully returned to positions of power after switching parties, highlighting the fluid nature of political alliances.One notable example is Pema Khandu of Arunachal Pradesh, who regained his position after initially switching sides. Another...