Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) The structural cracks within the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have widened into a high-stakes battle for organisational control following the untimely demise of former national president and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Admitting to the massive political vacuum, NCP National Working President and Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel said on Monday that while it is difficult to fill the void left by Ajit Pawar, the party must take “corrective steps” to remain re…
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Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Shiv Sena UBT leader and MLC Sachin Ahir, who jumped ship to the Eknath Shinde camp, was on Wednesday elected unopposed as the Deputy Chairperson of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. The unanimous election was secured after the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) nominee, J M Abhyankar, withdrew his nomination candidature in adherence to the traditional conventions of the Upper House. Following the withdrawal of the opposition’s challenge, Ahir’s election to the constit…
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…
Ahilyanagar, May 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Akshay Shivajirao Kardile on Monday secured a landslide win in the Rahuri Assembly by-election. The results, declared on Monday confirm that Kardile has successfully retained the seat previously held by his father, the late Shivaji Kardile.According to official data from the Election Commission of India (ECI), Akshay Kardile dominated the polls from the opening rounds of counting.He has bagged 1,40,093 votes against the nearest r…
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday launched a scathing attack on the opposition parties following the legislative setback to the Women’s Reservation Bill. The Chief Minister characterised the recent parliamentary outcome as a “Black Day” for reformist politics, expressing disappointment over the failure of the 131st Amendment Bill to secure a two-thirds majority.”I am speaking today on a matter of extreme importance. As you are aware, there was great…
Thane, Jan 7 (IANS) Maharashtra Congress has taken decisive disciplinary action against its Ambernath leadership following reports of an unauthorised political alliance with the BJP in the local civic body. In an official letter issued on Wednesday, the Congress announced the immediate suspension of Pradeep Patil, the President of the Ambernath Block Congress Committee and 12 corporators for joining hands with the BJP in the Ambernath Municipal Council and also for anti-party activities and brea…
Mumbai, Jan 7 (IANS) In a sharp escalation of internal friction within the MahaYuti alliance, Shiv Sena MP and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s son Shrikant Shinde on Wednesday slammed the BJP for what he termed “ideological compromises” following the party’s recent local alliances with the AIMIM and the Congress. The criticism follows reports of the BJP forming the “Akot Vikas Manch” with Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM in Akola and a separate tie-up with the Congress in Ambernath to secure p…