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’…
MUMBAI: NCP president Ajit Pawar on Monday unexpectedly showered praise on his mentor and political rival Sharad Pawar at the foundation day celebrations of the party, saying the senior Pawar had played a crucial role in building it up.“Sharad Pawar set up NCP 25 years ago over the nationality of Congress’s Sonia Gandhi. I am…
KOLHAPUR: Shahu Chhatrapati, the newly elected MP from the Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency, met Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday.The new MP was accompanied by Congress MLC Satej Patil and former Congress MLA Malojiraje Chhatrapati during his meeting with Sonia Gandhi.Speaking to TOI, Shahu Chhatrapati said: “We spoke for few minutes.She told us…
MUMBAI: In the 2019 polls, Maharashtra, which sends the second highest number of MPs to the Lok Sabha in the country, played a key role in PM Modi’s victory with the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance winning 41 of the state’s 48 seats. But in Verdict 2024, the state has delivered a major blow to the NDA….
