Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: Actor Swara Bhasker has sought financial help from voters for her husband Fahad Ahmad’s election campaign. Fahad Ahmad has started an online crowdfunding campaign, the link to which Swara has shared on social media. Swara said, “Please donate to support a committed, progressive and educated young man in politics.” Swara Bhasker…
The Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP, which is part of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, on Wednesday announced a host of freebies in its manifesto for the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. Despite a mounting debt on the state, which amounts to over Rs 7 lakh crore, the party has promised increased fiscal benefits to voters. …
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has become the target of the BJP’s jibes again, with Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya calling him a “nautankibaaz [actor]”. The BJP leader’s comments came before Rahul Gandhi’s Samvidhan Sammelan on Wednesday. Ahead of the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Nagpur. During his visit,…
Maharashtra Navnirman Seva chief Raj Thackeray has targeted Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over an alleged obscene dance performance at a public meeting for his election campaign in Dombivili on Sunday. Raj Thackeray, who is alleged to harbour “anti-North Indian” sentiments, compared the dance performance with those held in “Uttar Pradesh and Bihar”. “Do we want…
Nationalist Congress Party patriarch Sharad Pawar set the political circles of the nation buzzing on Tuesday with a hint about his possible retirement. He said he does not want to become an MLA or MP, essentially declaring that he would not be part of any electoral fray from now on. Hinting at retirement, NCP SP…
Maharashtra Assembly Elections: The withdrawal of the rebels from the Maharashtra Assembly elections race till Monday finally cleared up the picture in the state’s poll arena. There are now 8,272 candidates vying for the 288 seats in Maharashtra. Over 980 withdrawals have been recorded, including those from the Mahayuti and the Maha Vikas Aghadi [MVA]….
Jalna (Maharashtra): In a U-turn, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Monday said he will not support any contestant or party in the Maharashtra assembly polls and asked his supporters who had filed nominations to withdraw their candidature. Monday is the last day for withdrawing nominations. The state assembly elections will be held on November…
Pune, Nov 2 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday dismissed NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar’s allegations that police vehicles are being used to provide financial assistance to candidates of the ruling parties ahead of the assembly polls. Fadnavis is in Pune to meet key party workers ahead of the elections scheduled to…
The powerful Pawar family of Maharashtra is celebrating Diwali separately for the first time. Sharad Pawar was left high and dry last year when his nephew Ajit Pawar split the Nationalist Congress Party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti. Sharad Pawar chose to remain with the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). Since then, the distance…
Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party backing Raj Thackeray’s son Amit Thackeray on the Mahim Assembly seat is proving to be a double-edged sword for the Mahayuti. Already plagued by a horde of rebelling senior leaders, the Mahayuti is now having to deal with friction with one of its oldest allies — the…