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 Thursday was the last day to withdraw nomination papers.Even though the Congress party nominee, Akash More, has withdrawn from the race, there will not be an unopposed election, as Sunetra Pawar is pitted against 22 candidates, mostly independents.Earlier, a total of 53 nominees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…
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New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan on Thursday administered the oath to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Parth Pawar as a newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) from Maharashtra at Parliament House. Parth Pawar, 35, took the oath in English in the presence of the Leader of the House J. P. Nadda and Congress Chief Whip Jairam Ramesh and several other leaders. He is the son of NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who passed away in a plane crash earlier this year.Prior to…
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…
Pune, April 6 (IANS) The upcoming Baramati Assembly bye-election has taken a dramatic turn as the Congress party candidate Advocate Akash More, has placed a specific demand of an FIR being filed, before the Mahayuti government in exchange for withdrawing his nomination. Speaking to the media, More stated that he would only reconsider his candidacy if the Maharashtra government registers a formal First Information Report (FIR) and conducts a thorough investigation into the aircraft accident that …
Baramati, April 4 (IANS) Jay Pawar, the younger son of the late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, speaking on the Baramati by-election slated for April 23, said on Saturday that he never imagined he had to fight without Ajit Dada. He remained confident in the local support base, stating, “If the opposition wants to fight, they should. Everyone knows what the people of Baramati will do in this election.”His mother and NCP candidate Sunetra Pawar will file her nomination on April 6. Ja…
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) A month after Sunetra Pawar took over as the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) national president following the death of her husband and former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, her younger son Jay Pawar has now officially entered active politics. Jay Pawar has been appointed to the NCP’s apex committee, though he is yet to be assigned responsibility within the party organisation. Incidentally, Jay’s brother, Parth Pawar, has been elected to the Rajya Sabha and w…
Mumbai, March 31 (IANS) Maharashtra NCP President and MP, Sunil Tatkare, on Tuesday said that it is the collective responsibility of all members to carry forward the party envisioned by “Dada” Ajit Pawar with the same strength. Speaking to reporters here, Tatkare highlighted the hard work late Ajit Pawar put into showing the resolve to join the NDA. He noted that despite the Lok Sabha setbacks, Ajit Pawar’s leadership in the Assembly elections — taking all colleagues into confidence — resu…
Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) Two months after the death of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash near Baramati, leaders of the NCP-SP and members of the late NCP leader’s family, on Saturday, paid their tribute, even as demands for a detailed probe continued to stir political tensions. NCP-SP Working President Supriya Sule and party MLA Rohit Pawar shared messages on social media platform X, reflecting on the loss of the veteran NCP leader.Sule, a cousin of Ajit Pawar, …
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) In a blistering verbal offensive, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Maharashtra state president and MP Sunil Tatkare on Wednesday took aim at political rivals attempting to interfere in party affairs while terming them as “scavengers” driven by a sinister desire to seize control.Tatkare was responding the statement made by NCP SP legislator Rohit Pawar today that against Sunil Tatkare and Praful Patel made an attempt to seize control of the Nationalist Congress Party (AP) …
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said that the Zero FIR registered in Bengaluru in connection with the plane crash in which former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others died was a “strategic attempt” to malign Maharashtra’s image.He dismissed the validity of the Zero FIR filed in Karnataka, labelling it a political move. Under the law, a Zero FIR is typically reserved for instances where the victim is unable to reach a local police station; h…