Buldhana, June 4 (IANS) The Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of trampling on democratic values due to its insatiable greed for power. Sapkal alleged that crores of rupees are being offered to opposition candidates to coerce them into withdrawing their nominations and render the upcoming Legislative Council (MLC) elections unopposed.He stated that the BJP has cast aside all political morality…
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Nagpur, May 28 (IANS) Maharashtra Congress Legislative Party Leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the BJP government, accusing it of using ‘religious polarisation, event-mongering, and emotional tactics’ to mask its failures, even as the public reels under inflation, unemployment, fuel price hikes, and economic instability. Slamming the government over the escalating fuel shortage and skyrocketing prices, Wadettiwar stated, “Diesel is now being rationed and distribut…
Bengaluru, May 28 (IANS) Karnataka politics witnessed a major development on Thursday after senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah confirmed that he would step down as Chief Minister, bringing an end to the prolonged leadership tussle within the party over the state’s top post. The announcement also put to rest months of speculation surrounding the power-sharing arrangement between Siddaramaiah and his deputy D.K. Shivakumar that had frequently dominated political discussions and at times threate…
Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Maharashtra Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Wednesday mounted a sharp attack on the MahaYuti government in the wake of the death of two youths due to an alleged drug overdose at a live music concert in Goregaon, warning that the state would have to pay a “heavy price” if the growing drug menace was not curbed.The controversy erupted after two young students died from a suspected drug overdose during a live music concert held at the Nesco Centre. …
Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) The Congress party’s move to nominate Akash Vishwanath More against NCP candidate and Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar in the Baramati Assembly bypoll scheduled for April 23 stems from a mix of ideological positioning and a perceived lack of communication within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance. Even though a large section of the Congress party believes that the contest is symbolic, they have argued that the party must maintain its stance against the NCP-BJP allia…
Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Monday launched a stinging critique of the Maharashtra Congress leadership, specifically targeting state president Harshvardhan Sapkal, regarding the “strategic blunders” of the past and the seat-sharing disputes for the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections.The Thackeray camp in the party’s mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’ editorial, took a swipe at Sapkal’s ambition to take his party to the “peak”.”We must congratulate Har…
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) The Maharashtra Congress has decided to form an inquiry committee into the party’s fiasco at Chandrapur, where, despite emerging as the single largest party in the municipal corporation elections, it failed to win the Mayoral election, resulting in Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory. The political affairs committee of the party’s state unit on Wednesday held a meeting in Mumbai to discuss the way forward. The issue of Congress losing the Mayoral election to the BJP in Chandra…
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, Feb 16 (IANS) The controversy surrounding the display of Tipu Sultan’s portrait in the office of the Malegaon Deputy Mayor intensified on Monday, with Maharashtra Samajwadi Party chief Abu Azmi defending the former ruler of Mysore as a “freedom fighter” who “bravely fought” against the British.The political dispute erupted after Shiv Sena workers belonging to the Eknath Shinde faction entered the Malegaon Municipal Corporation premises and demanded the immediate removal of the portrait f…
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Tuesday accused the BJP of horse trading in winning the mayoral election in the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation. However, he took a serious objection to the Shiv Sena, a constituent of the Maha Vikas Aghadi and INDIA Alliance to support the BJP instead of Congress in the mayoral poll. Sapkal said AIMIM remained neutral and thereby helped the BJP.“As councillors of our new ally, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, remained abs…