Ajit Pawar moves Election Commission, says he was elected NCP president on June 30 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has informed the Election Commission of India that he was elected president of the Nationalist Congress Party on June 30, and has submitted a resolution and affidavits from 40 Members of Parliament and state legislators … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar (centre) with NCP leaders Praful Patel and Chhagan Bhujbal addressing the media. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI NCP moves disqualification petition against Ajit Pawar, 8 others The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said that they have submitted a disqualification petition to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar against the nine MLAs who were … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Lok Sabha Secretariat has allotted the Shiv Sena office in Parliament House to the Eknath Shinde-led faction after the Election Commission’s decision to recognise the group as the real Shiv Sena. Also read: Supreme Court urgently lists Uddhav Thackeray’s plea to stay EC order … Read more
The Shiv Sena on Sunday brought in legal eagles to argue their position that the Shiv Sena parent organization (uddhav camp) has the powers to disqualify the Shiv Sena MLA. On Sunday the Sena fielded Devadatta Kamat, Senior Supreme Court lawyer who hinted that the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs are being given wrong advice that … Read more
The BJP is indulging in horse-trading in Maharashtra as it did in Madhya Pradesh and in Rajasthan, Congress leader and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Saturday alleged. He said the ongoing political development in Maharashtra is a bad sign for democracy. His statement came as the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra battles to survive a … Read more