NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on Ajit Pawar‘s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) asking it to “stand up on your legs” and not use Sharad Pawar‘s name and photos in the ongoing election campaign in Maharashtra for the upcoming assembly polls.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan questioned Ajit…
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…
Swara Bhasker and Fahad Ahmad (Picture credit: X) NEW DELHI: Bollywood actress Swara Bhasker has launched an online crowdfunding effort, seeking public donations to support her husband and Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) leader Fahad Ahmad‘s campaign for the upcoming assembly election in Maharashtra.Sharing information about the crowdfunding campaign on social media platform X, Bhasker…
Sharad Pawar at a rally in his hometown of Baramati. PUNE: An 83-year-old veteran politician, Chief of NCP (SCP) Sharad Pawar, on Tuesday hinted at retiring from active politics. Addressing a rally in his hometown of Baramati, Pawar said that he will be rethinking if he really wants to go to Rajya Sabha again once…
Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar (R) NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar targeted several Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party leaders on Thursday for splitting the party for power, describing it as an inappropriate. Among those addressed was minister Dilip Walse Patil.Pawar discussed the issue with party workers and supporters of Devdatta Nikam, who is…
PUNE: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, at a rally for grandnephew Yugendra, mimicked Ajit Pawar‘s emotional speech by wiping his eyes with a handkerchief, and said Tuesday, “He (Ajit Pawar) was the one who had said in his speeches during the LS polls that Sharad Pawar would play an emotional card and, with tears in…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar in an emotional outburst hit out at his uncle Sharad Pawar, accusing him of splitting the family and indulging in “low-level politics” by fielding a family member against him on Baramati seat.Ajit Pawar, who filed the nomination on Monday for Maharashtra assembly…
NEW DELHI: The Samajwadi Party, which is part of the opposition bloc INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) has threatened to field 25 to 30 Independent candidates in Maharashtra if the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies do not endorse the five candidates that the party has already announced.Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi slammed the MVA…
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…
