Ajit Pawar (left) and Eknath Shinde NEW DELHI: Has the dynamics within Maharashtra’s ruling Mahayuti changed? Ajit Pawar‘s NCP, which had come under intense attack from several quarters, including the RSS, after Mahayuti’s dismal performance in Lok Sabha elections, seems to have moved closer to the BJP after the assembly elections. With the Shiv Sena…
NEW DELHI: Is Eknath Shinde, the caretaker chief minister of Maharashtra, upset over the turn of events after the ruling Mahayuti of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP scripted a spectacular victory under him in the assembly elections?On Friday, a day after the first meeting of Mahayuti leaders on government formation in Delhi with BJP’s top…
NEW DELHI: Has the stage been set for reversal of roles between BJP‘s Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde in Maharashtra? Well, caretaker chief minister Shinde on Wednesday dropped enough hints about a change of guard in Mahayuti even though he did not say that in as many words. Shinde on Wednesday addressed a…
Devendra Fadnavis (File photo) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis threw a cue on Wednesday that deliberations are still underway on who would take the state’s CM charge as suspense mounts over the top post.On being asked about the new Maharashtra CM face, Fadnavis said that the answer would be given soon and…
With clamour growing in the Sena for him to be CM again, Shinde appealed to Sena workers – some of whom came up with the slogan ”Ek’nath hain to safe hain’ to push for him as CM – not to gather at Varsha, the CM’s official residence, to demand that he be made CM. MUMBAI:…
NEW DELHI: Following the Mahayuti alliance’s sweeping victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections, speculation is rife about who will be the state’s next chief minister. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Sunday hinted at the possibility of Ajit Pawar assuming the top post, emphasising NCP’s strong performance. “Ajit Pawar could also be the…
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: When the verdict of the Lok Sabha elections was announced in June, resentment among farmers in Maharashtra was seen as a major factor behind BJP’s dismal performance in the state, along with nervousness among Scheduled Caste voters who feared the party might amend the Constitution if it returned with 400-plus seats. Changing the…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said there is no race for the chief minister’s post in Mahayuti.He told TOI, “We have secured an unprecedented victory. It was a tsunami of a different kind, and the entire opposition has almost been wiped out, but there is no race for the CM’s post….
NEW DELHI: With a clear mandate for the Mahayuti in Maharashtra assembly election results, who will form the next government is settled. Now the question in focus is – who will be the next chief minister? As celebrations began in the Mahayuti camp after the historic victory, an image of two leaders Eknath Shinde and…
