New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday said the seat-sharing pact of the ruling Mahayuti coalition for the November 20 state elections will be announced in a “day or two” as discussions were in the final stages. Shinde along with deputy chief ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar met Union Home Minister Amit…
Amid ongoing deadlock over seat-sharing among Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) parties in poll-bound Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Friday warned that disputes, especially with the Congress, should not be allowed to escalate to a breaking point. Speaking at a press conference, Thackeray mentioned he had not received any reports from his party’s…
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Saturday warned that a change in government may be necessary if their demands for reservation are not met. With Maharashtra assembly elections expected next month, Jarange addressed a rally in Beed on the occasion of Vijayadashami (Dussehra), alleging that a conspiracy was being plotted against the Maratha community. According…
As political temperatures soar in Maharashtra ahead of the Assembly elections, the Congress has launched a campaign called ‘Laapataa Ladies’, inspired by the Kiran Rao-directed movie. It targets the ruling Mahayuti government on the issue of women’s safety in the state. The quirky campaign specifically takes aim at Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CMs…
Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections 2024 will be held before November 26, 2024, the day when the term of the current Vidhan Sabha will end, according to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. After reviewing the poll preparedness in Maharashtra along with fellow Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and S S Sandhu, Kumar…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday renewed his attack on the Congress party over comments by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi during his recent trip to the US. Gandhi’s comments on RSS, BJP, and Sikhs drew huge ire from the saffron party. Addressing a public gathering during the ‘PM Vishwakarma’ programme in Wardha, Maharashtra, Modi…
Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: With the Maharashtra elections due in a couple of months, the state’s alliances are at play. The ruling Mahayuti alliance, after a battering in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is looking for a way to bounce back. It will, thus, have to strike a delicate balance among the members to keep…
Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Dharmarao Baba Atram’s daughter Bhagyashri Atram joined the NCP (SP) on Thursday, despite attempts by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to dissuade her from crossing over to the Sharad Pawar-led party. State NCP (SP) president Jayant Patil and party leader Anil Deshmukh were present at the function held at Aheri…
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…
Maharashtra Election 2024: The rift in the ‘Mahayuti’, the ruling alliance in Maharashtra, is now out in the open. With the Ajit Pawar-led NCP protesting against the Eknath Shinde government, and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena issuing statements against NCP ministers, the “strategic alliance” seems to be nearing an end. If all goes well for…