Mumbai: BJP leader Pankaja Munde on Friday slammed her own party leaders in the Maharashtra BJP for being obsessed with the fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government. Pankaja said that the party should not be bothered about the fall of the MVA government, but be concerned with issues related to people. Pankaja was speaking … Read more
There was nothing unusual about the assembly Speaker’s post remaining vacant, the Maha Vikas Aghadi has conveyed to Raj Bhavan, citing precedents. The response came after governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis raked up the issue of the post remaining vacant for almost five months now. Leaders of the MVA gave precedents … Read more
The Maharashtra unit of the BJP on Saturday held ‘chakka jam‘ protest across the state to press for its demand of restoring reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in local governing bodies. The party had earlier announced that it would hold agitation at 1,000 locations across the state. Leader of Opposition in the Assembly … Read more
With the BJP questioning Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s “silence” on various issues and asking the state Governor to seek a status report from the government, NCP leader Nawab Malik on Wednesday said the CM will speak at right time and that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has support of more than 175 MLAs. He … Read more
The Congress has begun exerting pressure on the Maha Vikas Aghadi government to hold election for the new Maharashtra Assembly Speaker in the current assembly session itself. The Congress ministers are believed to have raised the issue in the cabinet meeting on Sunday as the party feels it has little influence and say in the … Read more
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra unit of BJP on Wednesday said ‘propaganda’ by state government ministers against Covid-19 vaccines was the reason behind the low turnout of front-line government and health personnel for the vaccination. BJP leader Ashish Shelar on Wednesday blamed the statements of ‘senior ministers’ in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government for the lack of … Read more
Mumbai: Amid the clamour for reopening of temples in Maharashtra during the Unlockdown phases, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday indicated that places of worship – closed since mid-March – would be opened up after Diwali. “People have been asking questions when will temples reopen? Yes, places of worship shall be opened, but let Diwali … Read more
Mumbai: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government will complete its five-year term, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Tuesday while ruling out possibility of mid-term elections in the state. Raut told reporters that people of the state do not want polls now. His comment came a day after Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant … Read more
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said some people think building a temple will help eradicating the COVID-19 pandemic, a day after the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust suggested two dates in the next month for laying the foundation stone for a Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The trust had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi … Read more