Days after poll strategist Prashant Kishor met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will definitely be re-elected as the PM, no matter what. “Prashant Kishor was with the BJP in 2014, but the party won 303 … Read more
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that talks for the formation of an alliance of opposition parties at the national level will start in a few days, and he has discussed the issue with NCP chief Sharad Pawar. He also said that Congress will be the soul of such an alliance. “There is … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said no one should play spoilsport in a coalition government after Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut called NCP leader Anil Deshmukh an accidental home minister. The allotment of cabinet berths is the prerogative of head of every ruling party in a coalition, Pawar, who is also an … Read more
Challenging Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar‘s contentions regarding state Anil Deshmukh, BJP Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday hit back alleging that the NCP chief is trying to protect the Maharashtra Home Minister and not speaking the truth. Refuting Pawar’s statements on Monday that Deshmukh was in home quarantime in Nagpur during the … Read more
MUMBAI: Eknath Khadse, BJP’s senior-most leader in Maharashtra, is likely to join NCP this week. Khadse had been disgruntled ever since he had to resign as a minister from the erstwhile Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra. Khadse is likely to join NCP along with his supporters. However, his daughter-in-law Raksha Khadse, who is an MP … Read more
Aurangabad: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seek assistance for farmers who have suffered losses due to heavy rains in Maharashtra. The former Union minister visited Kankarbawadi, Sastur villages in Osmanabad district of Marathwada region in the morning and interacted with farmers affected by the heavy … Read more
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