Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) Sunetra Pawar, wife of former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, was on Saturday sworn in as Maharashtra’s first woman Deputy Chief Minister, days after the sudden demise of her husband in a plane crash.Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath of office and secrecy to Sunetra Pawar at a simple ceremony held at Lok Bhavan in view of the recent tragedy. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, ministers, and legislators were present on the occasion.Af…
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Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister late Ajit Pawar’s wife and Rajya Sabha member Sunetra Pawar was unanimously elected on Saturday as the NCP Legislature Party leader. Her name was proposed by party veteran Chhagan Bhujbal and seconded by Dilip Patil and a host of other legislators.The meeting was convened on Saturday, after Sunetra Pawar, who has yet to recover from the deep shock following the sudden and untimely demise of her husband in a plane crash on Wednesday in Bar…
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) In a series of significant revelations following the tragic death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash, senior NCP(SP) leader Jayant Patil on Saturday claimed that the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party were on the verge of a formal merger.According to Patil, the reunification was not just a political strategy but was “Ajit Dada’s final wish” to remove the stigma of the party’s split while Sharad Pawar is still politically active.Co…
Baramati, Jan 31 (IANS) Amid rapid political developments in Maharashtra after the demise of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in an air crash, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Saturday clarified that he was not consulted regarding Sunetra Pawar’s elevation as the Deputy CM. He also stated that the reunion of the two NCP factions was almost finalised and Ajit Pawar was set to formally announce it on February 12.“I have had no discussion with Sunetra Pawar regarding this. I only learnt about the sw…
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party on Friday claimed that the talks had finalised, awaiting a formal announcement for the merger with the NCP, which was headed by the late Ajit Pawar. However, NCP, which is yet to recover from the deep shock following the sudden and untimely demise of Ajit Pawar in a plane crash, has maintained silence, refusing to divulge further details in this regard. A day after NCP-SP state president Shashikant Shinde and senior MLA Jayant…
Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) The Sharad Pawar-led NCP on Monday received a major blow after the party’s Mumbai unit chief, Rakhi Jadhav, quit the party and joined the BJP. Her move has stunned the Sharad Pawar camp, as she herself was one of the key contestants for the BMC elections and was leading the party for the same.Jadhav joined the BJP in the presence of Mumbai BJP chief Amit Satam, the BJP in charge of BMC elections, and Information Technology Minister Ashish Shelar, Ghatkopar East legislator…
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) founder Raj Thackeray will hold a joint press conference on Wednesday at noon to formally announce their alliance for the upcoming elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and several other civic bodies. Polling for 29 municipal corporations is scheduled for January 15, with counting to take place on January 16.Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut, in a post on …
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) Ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, the alliance between the two Thackeray cousins — Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena UBT) and Raj Thackeray (MNS) –is now official. Party MP Sanjay Raut confirmed the “Manomilan” (Union of Hearts), saying that the workers of both parties have wholeheartedly accepted the tie-up and are already working together on the ground. “The ‘Manomilan’ (union of hearts) happened the moment the two brothers came together against…