MUMBAI: While Ajit Pawar was on Sunday unanimously elected group leader of the NCP legislature party, sources said that on the question of the chief minister’s post, the party has taken the view that in view of the assembly poll results, it would be appropriate if Devendra Fadnavis is placed at the helm of affairs…
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…
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…
MUMBAI: Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday acknowledged the problem posed by rebel candidates, saying there is a large number of them in all parties. “Our efforts will be to persuade them to withdraw (from the fray),” he told reporters in Mumbai.When the MCC was announced, the Mahayuti coordination committee had announced that it would…
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…
NAGPUR: Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh alleged Wednesday that deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis pressured him to file false affidavits against key Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) functionaries three years ago in an attempt to topple the coalition govt.Deshmukh, a senior NCP (Sharad Pawar) member, said: “I was promised freedom from ED and CBI investigations in…
MUMBAI: A preliminary roadmap has been prepared by the BJP for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra, said deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis in New Delhi on Tuesday after the state core committee held a meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J P Nadda at the party headquarters.Newly-appointed observers for Maharashtra…
NEW DELHI: In a U-turn, Devendra Fadnavis, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, on Saturday announced his decision not to quit the post despite the BJP‘s lackluster performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections in the state. His announcement came after a party meeting where state BJP legislators passed a resolution expressing their confidence in…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy CM & BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday slammed Sharad Pawar‘s remarks saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ‘a new Putin is in the making in India,’ attributing it to the opposition’s desperation in the face of electoral losses.“As a result of desperation due to losing, they have resorted to…
