Leader of opposition and Congress senior Vijay Wadettiwar Leader of opposition and Congress senior Vijay Wadettiwar said the assembly polls are a fight to save the honour of Maharashtra, even as he dubbed the dissent from senior Mahayuti leaders against BJP brass’ divisive slogans as drama to save their votebase. He told Subodh Ghildiyal that…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Saturday inspected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi‘s bag in Maharashtra’s Amravati.This comes a day after the poll body searched Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Hingoli amid the ongoing controversy over checking Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray‘s bag on the last three occasions.A team of officials was…
MUMBAI: In a review meeting on the Maharashtra assembly polls on Friday, chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar strongly condemned undignified remarks made against female leaders during the election campaign.This comes in the wake of derogatory language used against Congress leader Jayshree Thorat by BJP politician Vasant Deshmukh in a public meeting and also comments made…
Arvind Sawant and Shaina NC (R) NEW DELHI: After facing backlash for allegedly referring to Shiv Sena candidate Shaina NC as “imported maal” in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls, UBT faction MP Arvind Sawant claimed on Friday that he did not mention Shaina’s name and said that he is the true victim of defamation.Sawant clarified…
NEW DELHI: Turning down the plea of the Sharad Pawar faction of NCP, Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the breakaway group led by Ajit Pawar to use the ‘clock’ symbol for Maharashtra assembly polls with the caveat that the deputy CM should mention in all print and audio/visual advertisements of the party that litigation over…
PUNE: NCP (SCP) gave tickets to 11 of its 12 sitting MLAs in its first list of 45 candidates for Maharashtra assembly polls released on Thursday.In at least 13 seats, NCP (SCP), led by Sharad Pawar, will take on the NCP faction led by Pawar’s nephew and deputy CM Ajit Pawar. Baramati will witness a…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission is likely to announce the dates of assembly polls in Maharashtra and Jharkhand in the coming week, with polling likely to be scheduled in the second or third week of Nov.EC – keeping in mind the slew of festivals ahead, starting with Diwali, a five-day affair from Oct 29 to Nov…
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde (ANI Image) Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Friday announced that his ruling alliance Mahayuti is prepared for both “flight” as an IAF aircraft successfully landed at Navi Mumbai airport and “fight” in the upcoming state polls. Speaking to reporters after witnessing an IAF aircraft’s trial landing at the forthcoming…
NAGPUR: As Maharashtra braces for assembly polls, the state’s political landscape is set for a generational shift, with the polls promising a blend of legacy and ambition, as scions of influential political families step into the limelight, ready to carry forward their dynasty’s mantles. Majority of these are witnessed in Congress and NCP camps from…
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…
