MUMBAI: Two days after ally BJP released its first list of 99 candidates for assembly polls, Sena named 45 of its nominees, including CM Eknath Shinde, late on Tuesday. All 40 MLAs who had left Uddhav Thackeray and joined hands with Shinde have got tickets, as have all his cabinet ministers.Besides Shinde, who will fight…
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde addresses Shiv Sena (Shinde) ‘Dussehra rally’ on the occasion of the Vijayadashami festival, at the Azad Maidan, in Mumbai. (PTI) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde‘s Shiv Sena on Tuesday released first list of candidates for Maharashtra assembly elections. The list included names of 45 candidates. The list was…
NEW DELHI: It has been six days since the Election Commission announced dates for the Maharashtra assembly elections, but neither the ruling Mahayuti nor the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi has finalised seat-sharing pact for the “maha” battle of ballots. Leaders of both the alliances claim that they are close to sealing a deal, but the…
MUMBAI: The still-unresolved row between Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) in the Maha Vikas Aghadi is over 15 assembly seats, three of them in Mumbai and 12 in eastern Vidarbha. As both parties are claiming these seats, NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar, UBT Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and AICC general secretary Ramesh Chennithala are set…
MUMBAI: In the 99 seats for which BJP announced candidates on Sunday, the party took 5 seats that were contested by the undivided Shiv Sena in 2019. Political observers said this indicates that the CM Eknath Shinde-led Sena may have to compromise on seats and give up several of the seats that the Sena traditionally…
Congress MLA Zeeshan Siddiqui (in white) and others can be seen carrying the mortal remains of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique as full state honours were given to him, in Mumbai, last week. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: A few days after NCP leader Baba Siddique‘s death, his son, Zeeshan Siddique, has now written a…
NEW DELHI: BJP leader and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday challenged Sharad Pawar, who remains the fulcrum of opposition in the state, to declare Maha Vikas Aghadi’s CM face for the November 20 assembly elections. On the issue of ruling Mahayuti‘s CM face, Fadnavis hinted at Shiv Sena‘s Eknath Shinde but evaded…
CM Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray / File photos The political atmosphere heated up in Maharashtra soon after the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced the schedule for the assembly polls, which will take place on November 20 in a single phase. Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena…
Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique passed away on Saturday after being shot multiple times by unidentified assailants, Mumbai police confirmed. The attack took place near the office of his son, Zeeshan Siddique, in Bandra East. Baba Siddique, who sustained gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen, was rushed to Lilavati Hospital in…
Uddhav Thackeray and CM Ekanth Shinde at Dusshera rallies in Mumbai Dusshera rallies addressed by CM Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday set the tone for the impending Maharashtra assembly elections. The rival factions — Shiv Sena and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray, or UBT) — hurled piercing jibes at one another, heating up…
