NAGPUR: Maharashtra’s deputy CM and finance minister, Ajit Pawar, on Saturday defended Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana that will provide Rs 1,500 to eligible women aged 21-60, rejecting the opposition‘s criticism of it as a populist move.“These schemes are designed to empower citizens and provide support in these challenging times,” Ajit said.In a departure from…
PUNE: NCP chief Ajit Pawar snubbed NCP(SCP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Saturday, when the latter raised some queries at a meeting of Pune District Planning Development Committee (DPDC), saying invited members were not eligible to ask questions.The uncle and nephew were seen together at an event after a long gap. Being Pune’s guardian minister, Ajit…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission (EC) on Thursday allowed Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasheb Thackeray), or UBT to accept public contributions in view of the looming Maharashtra assembly polls.Uddhav Thackery-led party had requested the poll body to issue a communication or certificate recording the status of the party for the purpose of accepting voluntary contributions from the…
PUNE: Over 25 NCP functionaries, including two former mayors, the leader of opposition and 20 former corporators – from Pimpri Chinchwad joined NCP (Sharad Pawar) in Pune on Wednesday. This group includes NCP’s Pimpri Chinchwad president Ajit Gavhane and working president Rahul Bhosale, who had resigned from their posts on Tuesday.Though a major setback to…
NEW DELHI: Sharad Pawar is back with a bang. Almost a year after he lost control of his Nationalist Congress Party following a rebellion led by his estranged nephew Ajit Pawar, the Maratha strongman is once again on the centrestage of Maharashtra politics.The recent surprise visit of Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, who…
NEW DELHI: In poll bound Maharashtra, several leaders and corporators from the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Pimpri Chinchwad have joined Sharad Pawar-led NCP-SCP faction at his residence in Pune on Wednesday.NCP’s Pimpri-Chinchwad unit chief, Ajit Gavhane, is among the leaders who joined the Sharad Pawar-led NCP-SCP in Pune. Additionally, three senior leaders…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar reacted to the ‘Organizer’ article which called out the BJP’s alliance with the NCP and held it responsible for the NDA’s dwindling performance in the state. The NCP president said he does not want to speak on the issue. “A lot of leaders are expressing their views and…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra is one of the key states which helped the opposition puncture Prime Minister Modi’s claims of “abki baar, 400 paar” in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections. The BJP ended up with just 9 seats, which is less than half of 23, the number of seats it had won in the state 5…
MUMBAI: NCP president Ajit Pawar on Monday unexpectedly showered praise on his mentor and political rival Sharad Pawar at the foundation day celebrations of the party, saying the senior Pawar had played a crucial role in building it up.“Sharad Pawar set up NCP 25 years ago over the nationality of Congress’s Sonia Gandhi. I am…
NASHIK: A section of the NCP MLAs who attended the Thursday’s meeting with the party chief, Ajit Pawar, expressed ‘anguish’ over the Union govt’s failure to roll back the ban on onion exports before the Lok Sabha election, which sent a wrong message among the farming community in the state.Ajit Pawar had called the meeting…
