In the light of recent killing of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is planning to again request veteran politician Sharad Pawar to accept the force’s Z plus security cover, sources aware of the matter said. On August 21, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government accorded Z-plus –…
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday hinted that Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde might likely be the Mahayuti alliance’s CM face for the upcoming Maharashtra polls. However, he did not explicitly take his name. Shinde and Ajit Pawar were seated by his side at an event where…
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…
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) supremo Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray led a march of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Sunday from Hutatma Chowk to the Gateway of India in south Mumbai in a show of unity and defiance. The protest was sparked by the recent collapse of the…
Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies Shiv Sena (UBT) and the NCP (SP) criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday for not announcing the election schedule for Maharashtra along with Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir. They accused the ruling Mahayuti coalition of wanting more time to deceive the people of Maharashtra with false…