NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday claimed that, in a mandatory count, there was no mismatch found in the Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) slips and the votes polled in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections.The commission said as per the guidelines it is required…
NEW DELHI: Tensions within Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) continue to simmer, with Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Aaditya Thackeray hitting out at the Maharashtra unit of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and its chief, Abu Azmi, for the intention to withdraw from the alliance over “Hindutva credentials.”“Our Hindutva is about ‘hriday mein Ram aur haath ko kaam’ (Ram…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday condemned the opposition parties’ decision to boycott the oath-taking ceremony during the first day of the Maharashtra assembly’s special session. Fadnavis accused the elected members of the opposition of insulting the voters who had chosen them by refusing to take their oaths as MLAs.“The voters have…
Milind Deora (left) and Aaditya Thackeray NEW DELHI: Milind Deora, Shiv Sena candidate from Mumbai’s Worli seat took a potshot at Aaditya Thackeray for “avoiding” his challenge to debate on the future of the assembly constituency.Ahead of the polling in Maharashtra, Deora had invited Thackeray, who is Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate and incumbent Worli MLA,…
NEW DELHI: The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction on Sunday announced Milind Deora, former Congress MP and now a Rajya Sabha member, as its candidate to challenge incumbent MLA Aaditya Thackeray of Shiv Sena (UBT) in Mumbai’s Worli constituency. Deora had earlier hinted the same by stating on social media, “Justice for Worli and Worlikars…
MUMBAI: After hectic daylong negotiations with Congress and NCP (SP), Shiv Sena (UBT) Wednesday announced its first list of 65 candidates for the assembly polls. It has renominated 14 of its 15 sitting MLAs and declared nominees for 13 seats in Mumbai, including Aaditya Thackeray from Worli and Aaditya’s cousin Varun Sardesai from Bandra East….
Sharad Pawar (left), and Uddhav Thackeray MUMBAI: Crucial meetings of the AICC’s central election and screening committees scheduled for Sunday were abruptly cancelled owing to a lack of consensus on MVA’s seat-sharing formula. These panels will meet in a day or two.According to a Congress office-bearer, the party is prepared for any eventuality if there…
