Activist seeks suo motu HC action in Maha sarpanch case as axe-Munde pressure mounts | India News – The Times of India

MUMBAI: Activist Anjali Damania has written to Bombay high court chief justice, seeking suo motu action in the probe into the kidnapping-murder of Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh.Raising concerns about state minister Dhananjay Munde‘s business ties with prime accused, Walmik Karad, she urged HC to have the probe transferred out of Munde’s area of influence as…

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Race for guardian minister posts heats up in Maharashtra | India News – Times of India

MUMBAI: The tussle in Mahayuti over posts of guardian ministers continued almost two weeks after cabinet portfolios were allocated.Shiv Sena minister Bharat Gogawale on Wednesday reiterated that he’s the senior-most MLA in Raigad and will surely be appointed the district’s guardian minister, but NCP minister Aditi Tatkare is poised to lock horns with him for…

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‘You will be CM one day’: Devendra Fadnavis tells Ajit Pawar, shares his 24-hour shift plan | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday told NCP leader Ajit Pawar that he will become CM one day. While speaking in the legislative assembly, he emphasised that he and his deputy chief ministers will be work in different shifts throughout the day. Fadnavis said Ajit Pawar will work in the morning shift…

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‘Don’t do all this’: For Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal’s warning to supporters amid cabinet exclusion row | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: NCP veteran politician Chhagan Bhujbal, who is unhappy after being overlooked for a cabinet berth in the newly sworn-in Fadnavis government, appealed to his supporters to express their discontent in a “civil” manner rather than resorting to derogatory actions against deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.The response came after various OBC organisations and activists…

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‘Am I a toy?’: NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal launches veiled attack on party president Ajit Pawar after exclusion from Cabinet expansion | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Ajit faction NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday took a veiled attack on the party president over his exclusion from the new council of ministers and said that after rejecting his demand for a Lok Sabha seat, the party offered Rajya Sabha seat “Am I a toy?”Amid speculation over his “Jahan nahi chaina,…

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Ajit, Mushrif, Munde… several in ED’s crosshairs get berths | India News – Times of India

Ajit Pawar, Hasan Mushrif and Dhananjay Munde. MUMBAI: The BJP-led govt in Maharashtra has inducted several ministers who are still facing Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigations. This includes Pratap Sarnaik, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. None of them have been chargesheeted, but no closure reports have been filed in court indicating…

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