Manikrao Kokate (File photo) AMRAVATI: Even beggars don’t accept one rupee in alms, but govt is giving crop insurance for this sum and this too is being misused, Maharashtra agriculture minister Manikrao Kokate said Friday, triggering sharp reactions from farm outfits and opposition parties.The minister, an NCP MLA from Nashik, was answering a query on…
NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee has denied reports that the party’s state unit chief, Nana Patole, resigned from his post over the party’s poor performance in the recent assembly elections.The MPCC stated that these reports are false and being spread maliciously.There are reports suggesting that Nana Patole had resigned as president of Maharashtra…
Ajit Pawar claimed that the voices in leaked voice notes, allegedly connected to attempts to use bitcoins to influence the Maharashtra assembly polls, belong to Supriya Sule and Nana Patole. PUNE: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday claimed that the voices in the voice notes, in connection with the alleged attempts to encash bitcoins…
NEW DELHI: A major political controversy has emerged on Maharashtra’s polling day concerning allegations of Bitcoin scam money being utilised for election funding by NCP leader Supriya Sule and Congress leader Nana Patole.The BJP released an audio recording on Tuesday, making serious allegations against Supriya Sule and Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole.While Maharashtra deputy chief…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Tuesday defended his recent “dog” jibe for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that his remarks were in response to the alleged remarks by the party against the OBC community.“If they insult my community and call us dogs, why should I stay silent? If they call…
This is a representational image (Pic credit: PTI) MUMBAI: A day after the Election Commission order, state govt on Tuesday sent director general of police (DGP) Rashmi Shukla on compulsory leave and appointed DG (legal and technical) Sanjay Kumar Verma in her place. Shukla will be on leave until the model code of conduct is…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole on Thursday said that the seat sharing agreement between the Maha Vikas Agadhi (MVA) had been finalised but the chief ministerial face would only be decided after the government comes to power in Maharashtra. The three MVA allies — Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad…
MUMBAI: A day after MVA failed to resolve differences over 28 assembly seats though it reached an agreement on seat-sharing on 260, a row broke out between Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Sanjay Raut and MPCC chief Nana Patole. While Raut said Congress netas in the state “are not capable of taking decisions” and Patole maintained the…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday approved the expulsion of party leader Sanjay Nirupam for 6 years after complaints of indiscipline and anti-party statements.This comes after the Congress had dropped Nirupam from the list of star campaigners in Maharashtra and announced that action will be taken against him for his remarks against the…
