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 Thursday was the last day to withdraw nomination papers.Even though the Congress party nominee, Akash More, has withdrawn from the race, there will not be an unopposed election, as Sunetra Pawar is pitted against 22 candidates, mostly independents.Earlier, a total of 53 nominees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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Mumbai/Baramati, April 9 (IANS) In a dramatic turn of events, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has personally reached out to the opposition to negotiate the Baramati Assembly by-election. Thursday marks the final day for the withdrawal of nominations, and all eyes are on whether the high-stakes battle will turn into an unopposed win for the ruling alliance or a contest.According to reliable sources, CM Fadnavis made a direct phone call to Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal. Durin…
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) The Maharashtra Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Thursday said the party candidate Akash More is expected to withdraw his nomination from the Baramati bypoll. He told reporters, “Following discussions between the state president and key leaders yesterday, a consensus emerged that the party should withdraw. The state president is currently conveying these sentiments to the Central High Command, and a final decision is expected once their permission is…
Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) The political atmosphere in Maharashtra has intensified following the filing of nomination papers by Sunetra Pawar for the Baramati bypoll. The decision by Congress to field a candidate against her has sparked a war of words between the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and its allies, with Shiv Sena(UBT) MP Sanjay Raut firmly backing Congress’ right to contest.Responding to NCP MP Parth Pawar’s claim that Congress’ decision to contest marks the “beginning of its downfa…
Baramati, April 7 (IANS) NCP (SP) working president and MP Supriya Sule on Tuesday launched a firm defence of the Congress party’s historical legacy, issuing a sharp rebuttal to the remarks by NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) leader Parth Pawar that the party’s decision to contest the Baramati by-election marked the beginning of its “downfall”.Her comments came after Parth Pawar, the newly elected Rajya Sabha MP and son of late former deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, claimed that Congress’s d…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party-SP president Sharad Pawar on Monday said that the Pawar family decided not to contest the Baramati by-election out of grief over the untimely demise of Ajit Pawar, but refrained from criticising the Congress for choosing to contest the bypoll.Speaking to reporters in Delhi after taking oath as a Rajya Sabha member, Pawar noted that while the Congress party has decided to field a candidate in Baramati, it is within its right to do so.When asked…
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…
Baramati, April 4 (IANS) In a highly emotional gathering that left many supporters in tears, Jay Pawar on Saturday emphasised that while the opposition has the right to contest the election, the people of Baramati have already made up their minds. “Dada (Ajit Pawar) may not be with us physically, but he lives in our hearts and his qualities are within all of us,” he stated. He credited the collective efforts of the Pawar family, including Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar, and others, for Baram…
Nagpur/Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) In the backdrop of the by-election necessitated by the demise of Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has appealed to all political parties to ensure that the Baramati Assembly contest is held unopposed.Speaking to reporters, CM Fadnavis said, “All parties should support Sunetra Pawar. Maharashtra has a long-standing tradition of conducting by-elections unopposed when they are caused by the death of a sitting representative. When R.R. Patil (Ab…
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…