Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar on Saturday forwarded the resignation submitted to her by the state party’s women wing chief Rupali Chakankar as Chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for further action. Chakankar had resigned following the CM’s directive on Friday amid escalating controversy regarding her alleged links with a self-styled godman, Ashok Kharat. She had handed over …
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Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday asked State Women’s Commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar to resign, sources within the CMO said. The directive came two days after the arrest of self‑proclaimed godman Captain Ashok Kharat from Nashik on allegations of sexual harassment and rape.Chakankar is a trustee of Shri Shivnika Sansthan in Sinnar, Nashik district, where Kharat is president. The CM’s directive followed the surfacing of a video showing h…
Gondia/Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) NCP Working President Praful Patel, on Friday, clarified the party’s stance regarding the shocking allegations against self-proclaimed numerologist Ashok Kharat. Speaking at a press conference, Patel assured that a thorough investigation is underway and anyone found guilty, regardless of their stature, will face stringent action.The case has sent shockwaves through Maharashtra’s political circles after it was revealed that several high-profile political leaders rep…
Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) With the Election Commission expected to announce polls on nine seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council shortly, the Mahayuti, with a massive surplus of 235 total votes, can comfortably win eight seats, comprising BJP five, Shiv Sena two and NCP one. With 46 MLAs currently in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) camp comprising Shiv Sena (UBT) 20, Congress 16 and NCP (SP) 10, the Opposition can elect one candidate, provided there is no cross-voting or defection.Based on the c…
Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) As Maharashtra celebrates Gudi Padwa, marking the beginning of the Marathi New Year, Jay Pawar, son of former Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president late Ajit Pawar, shared a poignant reflection on the profound void left by the absence of his mentor and leader, affectionately known as “Dada”. In a social media post balancing grief with inspiration, Jay Pawar described how the festival, once a celebration of togetherness, has now become a testament to a lasting leg…
Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Friday directed the Legislative Affairs Minister Chandrakant Patil to submit report on MArch 16 over the action taken against the Additional Chief Secretaries and Principal Secretaries who were not present during the discussion on budget grants on departments of urban development, social justice and special assistance, housing, tourism and cultural affairs and other backward classes welfare. The Speaker gave h…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, demanded a “fair, transparent, and impartial investigation” into the tragic death of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister late Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28 in Baramati. Rahul Gandhi echoed the Pawar family’s demand for a through investigation into the incident, which is being suspected by his kin as an “attempt” on the late Natuionalist Congress Party (NCP) leader’s life.In a message on…
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) The NCP delegation comprising a Minister and MLAs, on Tuesday, submitted a memorandum to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis demanding an expedited investigation into the tragic death of former Deputy Chief Minister late Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28 in Baramati. The delegation comprising Women and Child Welfare Minister Aditi Tatkare, legislators Chetan Tupe, Sulabha Khodke, Sana Malik, Saroj Ahire, Anil Patil, Shekhar Nikam, among others, urged the …
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Former Finance and Cooperation Minister Dilip Walse-Patil on Tuesday sought the intervention of the state government and the Centre to urgently assist the cooperative sugar industry in Maharashtra, which is reeling under a huge financial crisis. In his speech during the discussion on the budget in the state assembly, Walse-Patil, who is an NCP legislator, said that adverse weather conditions have led to a 15 per cent drop in sugarcane production across the state this year…
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) In a scathing critique during the Legislative Assembly’s budget discussion, senior NCP (SP) legislator and former Finance Minister Jayant Patil on Tuesday dismantled the state government’s fiscal road map, labelling the 2026-27 budget as a “document of deception.”Patil argued that the government’s rhetoric of making Maharashtra a $5 trillion economy by 2047 is mathematically impossible at current growth rates and warned that the state is hurtling toward a “liquidity cru…