Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar greets actor Sayaji Shinde after the latter joined the NCP in Mumbai on October 11, 2024. Photo: Instagram/@ajitpawarspeaks Veteran actor Sayaji Shinde on Friday (October 11, 2024) joined the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party ahead of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra. Mr. Shinde, who has acted in films in … Read more
Ajit Pawar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has raised the cases of “young people dying due to stress”, referring to the death of a 26-year-old Ernst & Young employee in Pune, allegedly because of extreme work pressure. Mr. Pawar, who is the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, said in … Read more
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said he had already admitted his mistake over the electoral contest between his wife Sunetra and cousin Supriya Sule. File | Photo Credit: PTI 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 … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Ajit Pawar said that their primary objective is to bring the Mahayuti alliance to power with a majority, and the decision on the Chief Minister will be taken later. “But one thing is certain—the Chief Minister will be from Mahayuti,” he said. Mr. Pawar, who … Read more
In a massive show of strength, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday kickstarted his campaign for the upcoming Assembly election from the Pawar clan bastion of Baramati in Pune district. After suffering a humiliating drubbing in the recent Lok Sabha poll at the hands of his uncle … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar address a press conference. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde held a late night meeting with Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar after which some State BJP leaders left for Delhi for a review meeting, sources said … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday took full responsibility for the NCP’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls and asserted the defeat in Baramati, viewed as a prestige battle, was surprising. The NCP won just one seat (Raigad) while it lost the prestige battle in Baramati, where NCP(SP) sitting MP Supriya Sule … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra’s gross state domestic product (GSDP) was expected to grow by 10% in FY 2024-25 and the government was committed to ensure that revenue deficit doesn’t cross the prescribed limit, Finance Minister Ajit Pawar told the Legislative Assembly on Friday. The GSDP, which was … Read more
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar. File. | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on February 19 a plea of Sharad Pawar challenging an Election Commission order recognising the Ajit Pawar-led faction as the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and KV Viswanathan … Read more
Former Maharashtra Minister and Congress MLA Baba Siddique joins Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-Ajit Pawar’s faction) in the presence of party chief and State Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, party MP Praful Patel and others, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: ANI Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, on Saturday joined the Nationalist Congress Party, a major boost … Read more