Baramati, April 23 (IANS) MahaYuti candidate and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar cast her vote for the Baramati Assembly by-election on Thursday. She cast her vote at a polling station in Baramati’s Gangubai Kante Zilla Parishad Primary School. The by-election was necessitated following former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s death in a plane crash near Baramati airport in January this year. Following Ajit Pawar’s demise, his wife, Sunetra Pawar, took oath as the Deputy CM of M…
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Baramati, April 21 (IANS) In an emotional finale to the campaign for the Baramati Assembly by-election, MahaYuti candidate and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar on Tuesday broke down while addressing a large gathering, vowing to fulfil the dreams of her late husband, Ajit Pawar, and serve the people of Baramati.Addressing a massive crowd, she asserted that she has taken up this “Gordian knot” (Shiv Dhanushya) to fulfill Ajit Pawar’s vision for Baramati. She added that she has “lock…
Baramati, April 21 (IANS) The NCP SP chief and former Union minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday announced that he will be unable to cast his vote in the upcoming Baramati Assembly by-election slated for April 23 due to health complications. This marks the first time since he contested his first election in 1967 that the senior leader will miss exercising his franchise in his home bastion.The by-election, scheduled for later this week, was necessitated by the tragic and untimely demise of former Dep…
Hyderabad, April 17 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said on Friday that today (Friday) will be remembered forever as a red-letter day in Indian history. “Today will be remembered forever as a Red-letter Day in Indian History, when under the leadership of Shri Rahul Gandhi Ji, Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha, and Shri Mallikarjun kharge Ji, united all democratic forces and opposition leaders in adverting a national disaster,” the Chief Minister posted on X after the bill to a…
Chennai, April 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Friday lauded the unity of opposition parties under the INDIA bloc, thanking a wide range of national and regional leaders for their collective opposition to the Centre’s proposed Delimitation Bill. In a post on social media, Stalin expressed particular gratitude to Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for raising concerns in Parliament against what he described as an attempt by the BJP to push through the legislation without a…
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/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…