Baba Siddique joins Ajit Pawar’s NCP in Maharashtra days after quitting Congress

Baba Siddique joins Ajit Pawar’s NCP in Maharashtra days after quitting Congress

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

Fissures resurface in MVA over Ajit Pawar’s ‘soft’ stand towards Shinde-Fadnavis govt.

Fissures resurface in MVA over Ajit Pawar’s ‘soft’ stand towards Shinde-Fadnavis govt.

The suspension of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) State president Jayant Patil for the better part of the Winter Session of the Maharashtra Assembly session and the perceived ‘softness’ of Patil’s party colleague Ajit Pawar (who is Leader of Opposition) towards the ruling Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis dispensation has again brought tensions within the Sharad Pawar-led party … Read more

Maharashtra: Amid a pandemic, the Pawar family political soap opera takes centre stage

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MUMBAI: Amid the coronavirus pandemic, an unfolding drama at one of the most prominent political families in Maharashtra is attracting much attention. Parth Pawar, the elder son of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, is at the centre of the latest of a series of developments indicating an increasing rift between Ajit and his uncle, family … Read more