Mumbai, June 3 (IANS) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President Harshwardhan Sapkal on Wednesday claimed that the loan waiver scheme announced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti government under the leadership of Devendra Fadnavis is a complete facade. He alleged that, through wordplay and the imposition of complex rules, terms, and conditions, more than 50 per cent of farmers have been deliberately excluded from the scheme.Sapkal termed this a cruel mockery of the fa…
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Mumbai, May 28 (IANS) The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President, Harshwardhan Sapkal, on Thursday claimed that the fuel price hike and shortages were entirely the result of the Modi government’s failures.He told reporters that the fuel crisis has arisen because Prime Minister Narendra Modi criminally neglected the economy while misleading people with the promise of ‘Atmanirbharta’.”Due to the absence of any concrete policy, the prices of petrol, diesel, CNG, and LPG gas have increas…
Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshwardhan Sapkal has warned that those who are murdering democracy and manipulating voter lists will have to go to jail in the coming days. He claimed on Friday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in Maharashtra by stealing votes with the help of the Election Commission.”By deleting voters’ names in Bihar and Bengal too, the BJP managed to secure victories. Attempts are now underway to influence the ele…
Mumbai, May 4 (IANS) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Monday that in the Assembly elections held across five states, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) employed tactics of persuasion, inducement, coercion and division, but the people of South India have rejected the BJP’s toxic, divisive and nation-fragmenting ideology, as well as the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Reacting to the Assembly election results, Sapkal said that in West Bengal, t…
Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) In a scathing attack on the current administration, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshvardhan Sapkal alleged that there is a deliberate conspiracy by the ruling MahaYuti alliance to transform progressive Maharashtra, built on the ideals of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Shahu, Phule, and Ambedkar, into a “cow belt”. Speaking at the flag-hoisting ceremony held today to mark Maharashtra Day and Labour Day, Sapkal called upon citizens to unite against force…
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) The Congress and NCP-SP on Thursday announced that they will extend their support to Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray in the biennial election to the Maharashtra Legislative Council slated for May 12.The announcement came as the Election Commission on Thursday issued the notification for the state Council poll for nine seats. Considering the present strength of the Mahayuti alliance, the BJP is set to win five seats, two by the Shiv Sena, and one each by the NCP and t…
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 14 (IANS) The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Tuesday expressed concern over the death of two MBA students allegedly due to an overdose after attending a music event on the night of April 11. He claimed that the illegal drug trade is flourishing with the alleged patronage of the government, accusing the BJP-Mahayuti government of pushing Maharashtra’s youth into the grip of drugs. Sapkal said that at a live music concert held at the N…
Baramati, April 9 (IANS) In all, 23 candidates, including Nationalist Congress Party nominee and Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, are in the fray for the Baramati by-election slated for April 23. Thursday was the last day to withdraw nomination papers.Even though the Congress party nominee, Akash More, has withdrawn from the race, there will not be an unopposed election, as Sunetra Pawar is pitted against 22 candidates, mostly independents.Earlier, a total of 53 nominees had filed the…
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) NCP(SP) Legislator Rohit Pawar on Thursday met the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshwardhan Sapkal, urging him to withdraw the party nominee Akash More for an unopposed election of NCP candidate and state Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar in the April 23 Baramati by-election. Rohit Pawar’s plea is important as Thursday is the last date of withdrawal of nomination at 3 p.m. for the Baramati by-election in which 47 contestants have filed their nomina…