NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat‘s “superman” remark has fed ammunition to the opposition INDIA bloc as it was NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday who took a dig, saying “sensible people” should take note of Bhagwant’s statement. “Someone started calling self a god and now people from the BJP and RSS are talking…
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…
PUNE: Over 25 NCP functionaries, including two former mayors, the leader of opposition and 20 former corporators – from Pimpri Chinchwad joined NCP (Sharad Pawar) in Pune on Wednesday. This group includes NCP’s Pimpri Chinchwad president Ajit Gavhane and working president Rahul Bhosale, who had resigned from their posts on Tuesday.Though a major setback to…
NEW DELHI: Sharad Pawar is back with a bang. Almost a year after he lost control of his Nationalist Congress Party following a rebellion led by his estranged nephew Ajit Pawar, the Maratha strongman is once again on the centrestage of Maharashtra politics.The recent surprise visit of Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, who…
NEW DELHI: In poll bound Maharashtra, several leaders and corporators from the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Pimpri Chinchwad have joined Sharad Pawar-led NCP-SCP faction at his residence in Pune on Wednesday.NCP’s Pimpri-Chinchwad unit chief, Ajit Gavhane, is among the leaders who joined the Sharad Pawar-led NCP-SCP in Pune. Additionally, three senior leaders…
NEW DELHI: Calling the Delhi Lieutenant Governor‘s decision to prosecute author Arundhati Roy under the stringent UAPA for a speech she delivered in 2010 a “misuse of power,” Nationalist Congress Party-SP (NCP-SP) leader Sharad Pawar criticised his decision. Pawar made these remarks during a joint press conference with his Maha Vikas Aghadi allies, Uddhav Thackeray…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra is one of the key states which helped the opposition puncture Prime Minister Modi’s claims of “abki baar, 400 paar” in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections. The BJP ended up with just 9 seats, which is less than half of 23, the number of seats it had won in the state 5…
<p>Sharad Pawar</p><p><br></p> PUNE: NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar sought on Wednesday four to six months to effect a change in the Maharashtra govt, reports Anurag Bende. The veteran leader is on a three-day tour of Baramati to review the drought situation in the tehsil.He was visiting a village on Wednesday where he told people that…
<p>Sharad Pawar</p><p><br></p> PUNE: NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar sought on Wednesday four to six months to effect a change in the Maharashtra govt, reports Anurag Bende. The veteran leader is on a three-day tour of Baramati to review the drought situation in the tehsil.He was visiting a village on Wednesday where he told people that…
PUNE: NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday yet again targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling him ‘bhatakti aatma’ during the Lok Sabha election campaigning.Pawar, referring to Modi’s speech in Pune on April 29, told his supporters in Ahmednagar on Monday, “Even during political criticism, we maintain dignity. But Modi called me ‘bhatakti aatma’…
