Maharashtra Assembly Elections: Former Mumbai Congress General Secretary Javed Shroff on Wednesday joined NCP in the presence of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and state NCP chief Sunil Tatkare. In a big jolt to Congress party that will be contesting Maharashtra Assembly elections in alliance with INDIA blcoc, Congress leader Javed Shroff has switched…
Following the historic win of the BJP in the Haryana assembly elections, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday asserted that his ruling alliance, Mahayuti, is prepared for both “flight and fight” in the upcoming state elections. Speaking after witnessing the trial landing of an Indian Air Force aircraft at the upcoming Navi Mumbai International…
Mumbai, Sep 28 (PTI) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Saturday ordered a crackdown on fake news on social media in Maharashtra, where assembly elections are due later this year, sources said. Reviewing the poll preparedness in Maharashtra along with fellow Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and S S Sandhu, Kumar also directed state police…
In the run up to the assembly elections in Maharashtra, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that the opposition alliance in the state is deliberating upon the seat sharing in the state. Speaking on the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, Pawar said that the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) are in the…
Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly election, NCP national president and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has broken his silence over the CM pick if the ruling Mahayuti alliance wins the polls. The NCP president said that he is keen to become the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. “Everyone wants their leader to be the Chief Minister….
Nagpur: Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday said the constituents of the Mahayuti alliance- Shiv Sena, BJP, and NCP- have arrived at a consensus on contesting 70 to 80 per cent of 288 seats for the assembly elections. He hinted winnability will be the criterion for distributing poll tickets. “The three leaders of Mahayuti…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said the assembly polls in the state are expected to be held in the second week of November. He also said that a two-phase polling would be preferable for the state assembly. Shinde made the announcement during an informal conversation with mediapersons at his official residence ‘Varsha’ in…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday said if people give a “bigger mandate” to the ruling Mahayuti in the upcoming state polls, the government would double the ‘Ladki Bahin’ scheme’s monthly financial assistance amount to Rs 3,000. At present, the government pays Rs 1,500 per month to the beneficiaries of the ‘Mukhyamantri Majhi…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said there is no point in Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar “repenting” some of his political actions and claimed the NCP leader would lose the upcoming assembly poll from his home turf Baramati. Raut’s remarks came after Ajit Pawar recently admitted publicly that he had…
Noting that society doesn’t like rifts in families, NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said he had already admitted his mistake, an apparent reference to the electoral contest between his wife Sunetra and cousin Supriya Sule in recent Lok Sabha polls. Notably, this is the second time in less than a month…