Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshwardhan Sapkal on Thursday said that the alliance comprising the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction), and corporators who have quit the BJP will elect the mayor of the Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation.Sapkal said that Narayan Chaudhary, who recently left the BJP and joined the secular alliance, was previously associated with the Congress party. He said that Chaudhary, along with several…
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Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal on Monday issued a provocative challenge to the BJP, saying they were free to cut his tongue if he had said anything historically incorrect while equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the 18th-century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan on the basis of their bravery.He was responding to BJP legislator Narayan Kuche’s announcement of a Rs 2 lakh reward for anyone who would cut Sapkal’s tongue.Sapkal said, “If the BJP can prove…
Mumbai/Nagpur, Feb 14 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday strongly criticised state Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal for comparing the legendary Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan.Speaking at a press conference, Chief Minister Fadnavis expressed strong objection to the comparison, calling it “disrespectful” and “unacceptable”. He said Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is a revered figure in Maharashtra and across the country, k…
Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Saturday constituted a high-level inquiry committee headed by Basavraj M. Bhadragond, Director, to investigate the collapse of a portion of an under-construction Metro Line 4 pillar that fell onto moving vehicles, killing one person and injuring three others.In a statement, MMRDA said the committee will examine the construction methodology, quality control protocols, supervision mechanisms and compliance record…
Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught red handed a clerk working in the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) while allegedly accepting a Rs 35,000 bribe at the state secretariat, Mantralaya. The ACB official confirmed this development on Friday.The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshwardhan Sapkal claimed that the clerk Rajendra Dherange was arrested in a Cabinet minister’s office, and the incident highlighted what he called “rampant corrupt…
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray faction on Thursday voiced strong displeasure over recent developments in Chandrapur, where some party corporators extended support to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the mayoral election. Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut has made it clear that party chief Uddhav Thackeray had issued explicit instructions against any understanding with the BJP and described the move as a “betrayal” of the party’s long political struggl…
Mumbai, Feb 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal on Sunday said that the budget presented by the Narendra Modi government is no different from the previous budget. “This budget is not meant to satisfy any social class, but is limited to big figures and claims,” he said. He alleged that figures have been manipulated in the budget, and it is completely directionless.“A solid policy is required for large-scale employment generation in the country, but there is no clear …
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) BJP leader Gourav Vallabh on Tuesday mounted a sharp counterattack on the Congress party for questioning the selection of Padma award recipients, asserting that the present government recognises individuals who genuinely deserve national honours and have made meaningful contributions to society, unlike what he alleged was the practice during the UPA regime.Vallabh’s remarks came after the Congress raised objections to the conferring of Padma awards on several personali…
Nagpur, Jan 21 (IANS) Amid internal friction within the Congress following the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation elections, Congress Legislative Party leader in Maharashtra Assembly, Vijay Wadettiwar, on Wednesday said he was confident that the crisis would be resolved soon and that the party would secure the mayor’s post in the civic body.Responding to recent criticism by party MP Pratibha Dhanorkar, Wadettiwar addressed the controversy over ticket distribution and alleged that several corpora…
Mumbai, Jan 19 (IANS) The OBC Bahujan Party, led by Prakash Shendge, on Monday officially joined forces with the Congress. Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President Harshwardhan Sapkal announced that the “ideological alliance” will jointly contest the upcoming Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections.The elections to 12 zilla parishads and 125 panchayat samitis are slated for February 5, with counting on February 7.Addressing a press conference, Sapkal welcomed the move, s…