Sharad Pawar (left), and Uddhav Thackeray MUMBAI: Crucial meetings of the AICC’s central election and screening committees scheduled for Sunday were abruptly cancelled owing to a lack of consensus on MVA’s seat-sharing formula. These panels will meet in a day or two.According to a Congress office-bearer, the party is prepared for any eventuality if there…
After Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav demanded that his party be given 12 seats in the MVA alliance, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray spoke to him late on Friday. Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said Uddhav had a “positive conversation” and SP will be “taken along” in MVA. Akhilesh is currently touring Maharashtra to…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) has filed a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) seeking an immediate investigation and action against violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by the Mahayuti over issuance of 359 govt resolutions and appointment of over 50 Mahayuti supporters to 27 newly formed state-run corporations – all in a single…
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: BJP leader and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday challenged Sharad Pawar, who remains the fulcrum of opposition in the state, to declare Maha Vikas Aghadi’s CM face for the November 20 assembly elections. On the issue of ruling Mahayuti‘s CM face, Fadnavis hinted at Shiv Sena‘s Eknath Shinde but evaded…
MUMBAI: Five months ago, the Mahayuti alliance had to settle for a dismal score of 17 of the state’s 48 LS seats, its poor tally dragging down the BJP’s numbers at the Centre and leaving the opposition confident of a repeat in the assembly polls. Yet, just a week ago, BJP made a comeback by…
CM Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray / File photos The political atmosphere heated up in Maharashtra soon after the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced the schedule for the assembly polls, which will take place on November 20 in a single phase. Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena…
NEW DELHI: The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, consisting of the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP (SP), on Sunday targetted the Maharashtra government for its handling of law and order in the state, alleged corruption, and failure to fulfill promises.During a joint press conference, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray said, “BJP’s condition is…
NEW DELHI: Following the shooting death of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique near his son’s office in Mumbai’s Bandra on Saturday, a political clash has erupted between the BJP and opposition parties.While the BJP-led Maharashtra government has urged against ‘politicising’ the incident, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, criticized…
Ajit Pawar (File photo/ PTI) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar on Friday said that “all is well” in the Mahayuti alliance, scotching off the speculations that trouble may be brewing in the ruling bloc.Rumors were rife that Pawar, who is also Maharashtra’s deputy CM, may break ranks with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
