NEW DELHI: BJP on Saturday announced that the new Mahayuti govt will be sworn in on Dec 5 in what is being seen as a signal to Eknath Shinde to make up his mind fast about joining the govt led by Devendra Fadnavis.State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said in a post on X that the…
Political circles went aflutter after witnessing a rare family bond unfolding in Satara – Nationalist Congress Party (SP) MLA Rohit R. Pawar touching the feet of Nationalist Congress Party President Ajit A. Pawar – here on Monday. KOHLAPUR/PUNE: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Monday encountered Ajit Pawar at Karad’s Preeti Sangam, the memorial of…
NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar on Monday took a jibe at nephew Rohit after he won he retained his constituency from the opposition alliance as a part of the NCP-Sharad Pawar faction.As the uncle-nephew crossed paths during their visit to death anniversary memorial of first Maharashtra CM YB Chavan, Ajit said, “Come,…
MUMBAI: The ‘Devendra Fadnavis or Eknath Shinde‘ conundrum continues for Mahayuti on the question of who should be the new CM even as there are indications that BJP would not want to delay the return of Devendra Fadnavis to Varsha, the CM’s official residence in Mumbai.Shinde would have been a shoo-in as CM had the…
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…
NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: In first reaction after his party’s dismal performance in Maharashtra assembly polls, Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the election results “were not on expected lines” and that he would “study reasons and go to the people”.The NCP(SP) chief called the Maharashtra mandate people’s decision and acknowledged…
PUNE: The passage of time seemed momentarily suspended at Bhigwan Chowk, Baramati‘s political epicentre as the constituency stepped into a new chapter on Saturday, with Tennyson’s words echoing powerfully: “The old order changeth, yielding place to new…”By noon, 65-year-old Ajit Pawar, often referred to as ‘Dada’, cemented his position as Baramati’s political heir, defeating nephew…
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…
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…
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….
