MUMBAI: Six months is a long time in politics. The ruling Mahayuti had suffered a major setback in the state in the Lok Sabha elections. But it has made a crushing comeback in the assembly elections, winning 230 of the state’s 288 assembly seats – at 80%, that’s more than a three-fourths majority. MVA, which…
MUMBAI: Sharad Pawar‘s self-proclaimed swansong in electoral politics ended in a damp squib with his nephew’s NCP winning more than 4x the seats that his own party could muster. In retaliation for Ajit’s decision to field his wife against Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule, the Maratha warhorse had turned the Baramati contest again into a prestige…
NEW DELHI: A day before the Maharashtra verdict, a poster pitching for Ajit Pawar as the next chief minister of the state added to the buzz around power tussle for the top post in the ruling Mahayuti. The poster, which was put up by a NCP leader in Pune and eventually taken down, highlights the…
Ajit Pawar claimed that the voices in leaked voice notes, allegedly connected to attempts to use bitcoins to influence the Maharashtra assembly polls, belong to Supriya Sule and Nana Patole. PUNE: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday claimed that the voices in the voice notes, in connection with the alleged attempts to encash bitcoins…
NEW DELHI: A major political controversy has emerged on Maharashtra’s polling day concerning allegations of Bitcoin scam money being utilised for election funding by NCP leader Supriya Sule and Congress leader Nana Patole.The BJP released an audio recording on Tuesday, making serious allegations against Supriya Sule and Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole.While Maharashtra deputy chief…
From left (Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis) NEW DELHI: The high-decibel and often bitter campaign for Maharashtra assembly elections has drawn to a close and on November 23 we will know who is the winner of this keenly contested “Maha political yudh”. But the…
Sharad Pawar asks voters to defeat Ajit faction in a ‘big’ way. NEW DELHI: At a rally in Solapur’s Madha, NCP (Sharad Pawar) supremo Sharad Pawar delivered a fiery message to his detractors, urging voters to decisively defeat those who rebelled under his nephew Ajit Pawar’s leadership. Recounting a decades-old betrayal, the 83-year-old leader underscored…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday explained his decision to part ways with his uncle and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder, Sharad Pawar, citing pressure from party MLAs who wanted to join the Eknath Shinde government. The split, which occurred in July last year, saw Ajit Pawar and eight other MLAs…
Left to Right: Devendra Fadnavis, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Ajit Pawar NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday strongly endorsed Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath‘s war cry for unity “batenge ko katenge” and countered his ally NCP’s Ajit Pawar, who has opposed the slogan, while sending out a clear message…
NEW DELHI: In the ongoing Maharashtra assembly polls, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s slogan ‘Batenge toh Katenge‘ has sparked debate amongst political leaders, deputy chief ministers Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis expressing opposing viewpoints.While Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar said that he does not endorse the slogan, BJP leader Fadnavis, his coalition partner…
