NCP leader Ajit Pawar. | Photo Credit: ANI With Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar skipping campaigning during the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election, speculation is rife about the rebel NCP faction being in turmoil. Mr. Ajit, who canvassed vigorously in the third phase and went through … Read more
Splits in key political parties Shiv Sena and NCP have made the battle for the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra more interesting, besides the focus on traditional issues like unemployment and farmer suicides. Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra will be held in five phases on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13 and … Read more
The battle for Baramati (in Pune district) is arguably the most keenly contested electoral fight in the upcoming Lok Sabha election in Maharashtra. However, shifting alliances within the Pawar family has ensured that the contest has heated up even before the start of the official campaign. Sources say that Deputy CM and rebel NCP leader … 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
Manoj Jarange-Patil has been demanding that Kunbi OBC caste certificates be given to the Maratha community. File Photo: PTI | Photo Credit: PTI Activist Manoj Jarange on January 22 said Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar should have questioned the State government over the delay in granting quota to Marathas and claimed that Mr. Pawar … Read more
Union Minister for Road Transport and Shipping Nitin Gadkari with NCP chief Sharad Pawar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday lavished fulsome praise on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, remarking that Maharashtra’s leadership was embodied in Mr. Pawar’s person. The two leaders from opposing … Read more
NCP chief Sharad Pawar and senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi come out of the Election Commission office in New Delhi on Oct 6, 2023, after the commission heard the plea of both factions over claims on the party’s name and symbol. | Photo Credit: PTI The Election Commission of India on Friday began its hearing … Read more
The member of the Maharashtra legislative assembly representing the Mumbra-Kalwa constituency in Thane district made this demand in a video message posted on social media platform X on Monday night. File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Jitendra Awhad has hailed the Bihar government’s caste survey and demanded … Read more
NCP leader Jayant Patil expressed confidence in the EC that it would make the right decision regarding the party’s name and symbol amidst an ongoing dispute with Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar. File | Photo Credit: Twitter/Jayant_R_Patil Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader (Sharad Pawar faction), Jayant Patil, on Saturday, expressed confidence in the Election Commission … Read more