Congress candidate Ravindra Dhangekar’s supporters celebrate his victory in the Kasba Peth Assembly bypoll, in Pune on March 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI In a setback to the ruling coalition in Maharashtra, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance emerged triumphant in the Kasba Peth Assembly bypoll, unseating the BJP for the first time from … Read more
Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Ajit Pawar. | Photo Credit: PTI Stating that the rebel Shiv Sena faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had no contribution in building the Sena founded by the late Bal Thackeray, Maharashtra Leader of Opposition and senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Monday exhorted Shiv … Read more
BJP National President J.P. Nadda. Photo:Special arrangement Accusing former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray of stabbing the BJP “in the back” and compromising ideology for considerations of power, BJP national president J.P. Nadda on Monday said that Mr. Thackeray had got a fitting reply after the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis duo toppled the previous Maha Vikas … Read more
Bhagat Singh Koshyari. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Expressing regret for not apologizing over the controversial statements made by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari against Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the descendants of the 17th century Maratha King have asked strict action and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove him from the post. While BJP MP … Read more
Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government faces a floor test today after Sunday’s big win where BJP‘s Rahul Narvekar was elected as the Speaker. The special two-day session of the State Legislative Assembly comes after a high-voltage political drama in the state where a new government led by rebel Shiv Sena MLA Shinde came to power toppling … Read more
Facing a revolt within his own ranks, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was ready to resign on June 22 at 5 pm after it was clear that there was “no way out” of the political crisis facing Maharashtra government but MVA allies convinced him not to resign, sources said. The sources said that Uddhav Thackeray … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday cried foul after the Mumbai police registered an FIR against the leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, Pravin Darekar. The BJP leader has been booked for cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy. The FIR, based on a complaint filed by Aam Aadmi party functionary Dhananjay Shinde, … Read more
When the Maharashtra assembly’s budget session begins on Thursday, all eyes would be on the status of 12 BJP MLAs, whose one-year suspension was squashed by the Supreme Court in January. Maha Vikas Aghadi insiders told ET that the judgement has raised a number of procedural and constitutional questions on powers and jurisdictions of the … Read more
Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders are of the opinion that skill development minister Nawab Malik should not resign as the entire case against him was ‘fabricated’ and ‘followed a pattern’ of cases against opposition party leaders across the country by central agencies. NCP leaders held a meeting with party chief Sharad Pawar, where they said that … Read more
The Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition government in Maharashtra is functioning like a “gang”, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil said on Wednesday. He was commenting on reports about former state home minister Anil Deshmukh allegedly interfering in police transfers. “The functioning of the MVA government is like that of a gang. Even in the case of … Read more