Amid the possibility of the BJP lending support to Raj Thackeray’s son in Mahim, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday took a dig at the Maharashtra Navniraman Sena chief and the Mahayuti. Raut, who is part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), said Raj Thackeray has started praising the BJP because he…
As the Maharashtra Assembly elections draw closer, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) suffered another blow on Diwali with Congress leader Ravi Raja resigning and joining the Bharatiya Janata Party. Ravi Raja joined the BJP in the presence of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Mumbai BJP President Ashish Shelar was also present at the event….
Maharashtra’s political arena has seen several ups and downs in both the ruling and the Opposition coalitions. In fact, coalitions have been the key factor in Maharashtra. The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition, an unlikely alliance of the Congress, the Shiv Sena, and the NCP, led to the rise of Uddhav Thackeray as the Chief…
The MVA-vs-Mahayuti battle over a Rs 40,000-crore Tata-Airbus project has intensified ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections. On Wednesday, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut launched a sharp attack on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the shifting of the Tata-Airbus project to Gujarat. Raut also urged voters not to trust Fadnavis’s claims regarding the…
The Maharashtra political arena is on the boil with the Bharatiya Janata Party and Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party failing to come to an agreement over the candidature of Anushakti Nagar MLA Nawab Malik. Attending the ABP Shikhar Sammelan in Lucknow on Wednesday, NCP chief Ajit Pawar reacted to the reports of a “rift” between…
Mumbai: BJP spokesperson Shaina NC has resigned from her party and filed nomination as the candidate of Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena from the Mumbadevi assembly constituency in Mumbai on Tuesday. Before submitting her nomination papers, Shaina visited the temple of Mumbai’s patron goddess Mumbadevi to seek blessings for her campaign for the November 20 elections….
In a big setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, former MP Gopal Shetty has rebelled against the party and filed his nomination as an independent candidate. Shetty was hoping for a ticket to the Maharashtra Assembly polls from the BJP after being denied one in the Lok Sabha elections…
Nawab Malik, the sitting Nationalist Congress Party MLA from the Anushakti Nagar constituency, has filed his nomination from the Manhkurd Shivaji Nagar constituency. Malik submitted two affidavits — one as an independent and the other as an NCP (Ajit Pawar) candidate. However, one of his affidavits will be rejected by the Election Commission as per…
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,…