Mumbai: Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday said talks are still on among the three Mahayuti constituents over seven to eight seats for next month’s state assembly polls. Talking to reporters here, the former state minister said the BJP would release the second list of candidates on Sunday. Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra assembly…
Congress’ in-charge for Maharashtra, Ramesh Chennithala, alleged on Saturday that large sums of money have reportedly been offered to two MLAs to join Ajit Pawar’s faction of the NCP ahead of Assembly polls. The allegations were made by Chennithala while speaking to reporters in Delhi. He also raised questions against Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde,…
Maharashtra Assembly Elections: In what could compound problems for the ruling Mahayuti alliance led by the BJP, Manoj Jarange Patil, the face of the Maratha reservation protest, has released a list of 28 names of “willing” candidates for 16 assembly seats in the Mumbai suburban and Mumbai City districts. There are a total of 36…
Maharashtra Assembly Elections: The second list of candidates of the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena (UBT) has been released with 15 names. Former Mayor of Mumbai Shraddha Jadhav has been fielded from the Wadala Assembly constituency against eight-time MLA Kalidas Kolambkar of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Kolambkar was earlier in the Shiv Sena…
Slain NCP leader Baba Siddique’s son, Zeeshan Siddique switched to the Ajit Pawar camp of Nationalist Congress Party from Congress party on Friday ahead of Maharashtra elections. He has been fielded as NCP candidate from Bandra East assembly constituency. The development comes a day after he criticised the decision of the Shiv Sena (UBT) to…
Mumbai, Oct 24 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday indicated the Maha Vikas Aghadi allies could swap some seats among themselves, a day after the opposition bloc in Maharashtra announced a formula of 85 seats to each of the three major parties. Raut also said there could be “some corrections” in the…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will contest the assembly elections from Thane’s Kopri-Panchpakhadi. This will be the first poll in the state where his faction of the Shiv Sena will test its electoral fortune. Image: PTI Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray has been fielded from Mumbai’s Worli assembly constituency. Image:…
The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi has finalised a seat-sharing formula for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly Elections. As per the seat-sharing agreement, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena will contest around 90-95 seats in the state, while the Congress will contest 103-108 seats and Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP) will contest on around 80-85 seats. Other smaller parties, including Akhilesh…
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik has become a sore point for the already rickety Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra ahead of the assembly elections. While the BJP has repeatedly opposed his inclusion in the Mahayuti, Ajit Pawar has been adamant to back him up. Now, as the Maharashtra Assembly election date of November 20…
The BJP’s first list of candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections has caused quite a stir in the party. Several sitting MLAs and ticket aspirants found their names missing from the first list and made a beeline for Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis’s home in Mumbai. The BJP released its first list of 99 candidates…