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: After Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar, now Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Ashok Chavan and Pankaja Munde have rejected Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s ‘batenge toh katenge’ slogan.BJP MP and former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan disapproved the slogan stating it lacked appropriateness and relevance.“There is no relevance of this (slogan)….
MUMBAI: For the minority Christian community in Maharashtra, the election offers difficult choices, especially after home minister Amit Shah’s statement that a BJP govt in the state will implement the anti-conversion law and never allow quota for minorities. Despite the fact that no Christian candidate has been fielded by major political parties in Mumbai, community…
NAGPUR: As Maharashtra gears up for assembly elections, data reveals a stark under representation of Muslim candidates who make up only about 10% of the total contestants, according to the state’s election department. Of 4,136 candidates vying for seats in 288 constituencies, only 420 are Muslims, and more than half of these are running as…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray had a heated exchange of words with government officials after his bags were searched as he arrived in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal for campaigning ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.According to video footage released of the incident, Thackeray first asked the ECI officials to introduce themselves before launching into…
Congress suspends 28 rebel candidates ahead of Maharashtra polls. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) has so far suspended a total of 28 rebel candidates, who were contesting against the official nominees of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition in the upcoming assembly elections.Earlier on Sunday, 21 candidates were suspended but…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday accused Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray of aligning with the Congress party, an organisation Shah claimed has disrespected both Balasaheb Thackeray and Veer Savarkar.Shah was speaking at the launch event of BJP’s “Sankalp Patra,” or manifesto, for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections set for November…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday unveiled its manifesto, “Sankalp Patra,” for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, scheduled for November 20. Union home minister Amit Shah, along with union minister Piyush Goyal, Maharashtra deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, and state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule, were present at the event in Mumbai. Senior BJP minister…
NAGPUR: When Vilas Kolha stands in line to vote at a polling booth in Gadchiroli during the Maharashtra assembly elections on Nov 20, it will be another victory for democracy. He will be among 137 surrendered Maoists casting votes across three constituencies in Gadchiroli.The ex-Maoist commander-in-chief of central India’s stronghold in Abujmarh, carrying a record…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Ajit Pawar faction of NCP to continue using the ‘clock’ symbol for the Maharashtra assembly elections after the the deputy chief minister assured the court that he would publish a disclaimer within 36 hours in leading newspapers, including Marathi dailies, stating that the legal fight with…
