Uddhav Thackeray calls on Devendra Fadnavis, seeks Bharat Ratna for Veer Savarkar | India News – Times of India

BJP and Congress should move beyond debates over Nehru and Savarkar, and focus on growth issues, Uddhav Thackeray said. NAGPUR: In his bid to reclaim the hardline Hindutva turf after being accused of abandoning the party’s core ideology, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday questioned BJP on why the nation’s highest civilian honour,…

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Railways halts razing of unauthorised temples; BJP, UBT in credit war | India News – Times of India

Railways halts razing of unauthorised temples MUMBAI: Central Railway (CR) on Saturday stayed demolition of five unauthorised temples outside Dadar station amid escalating opposition from Sena UBT, later leading to protests from BJP members as well.Sena UBT criticised the demolition notices soon after they were issued on December 4. On Friday, party chief Uddhav Thackeray…

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‘Sometimes they behave like BJP’s B team’: Aaditya Thackeray on Samajwadi party walking out of MVA | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Tensions within Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) continue to simmer, with Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Aaditya Thackeray hitting out at the Maharashtra unit of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and its chief, Abu Azmi, for the intention to withdraw from the alliance over “Hindutva credentials.”“Our Hindutva is about ‘hriday mein Ram aur haath ko kaam’ (Ram…

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‘Dada experienced in taking both morning, evening oaths’: Eknath Shinde’s cheeky dig at Ajit Pawar | India News – Times of India

Eknath Shinde (left), and Ajit Pawar NEW DELHI: Maharashtra’s caretaker chief minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday took a cheeky dig at his ally Ajit Pawar – reminding the NCP chief of an early-morning oath as deputy chief minister in 2019 for a stint that lasted just 4 days.In 2019, when the undivided Shiv Sena of…

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‘Congress was overconfident’: Uddhav Sena blames MVA ally for Maharashtra flop show | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve on Thursday sharpened his attack on Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ally Congress, claiming the party became “overconfident after the Lok Sabha elections”. Danve said the MVA would have performed better had they announced Uddhav Thackeray its CM candidate for the Maharashtra elections in which the bloc faced…

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Go solo in local body polls, Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders tell Uddhav Thackeray after Maharashtra assembly polls setback | India News – Times of India

MUMBAI: Following the drubbing in the Maharashtra assembly polls, cracks have started appearing in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance as Shiv Sena (UBT)’s newly elected MLAs and functionaries have urged party chief Uddhav Thackeray to contest civic and local bodies elections independently, at least in cities where the party was a dominant force until…

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Maharashtra polls: ‘File VVPAT trail verification plea’, Uddhav Thackeray tells all his netas who lost | India News – Times of India

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday held a meeting with all his losing MLA candidates and told them to file applications with the EC for verification of electronic voting machine-voter verifiable paper audit trail (EVM-VVPAT) units. Many defeated candidates blamed EVMs for their loss and suggested…

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‘Pre-election deal for CM post’: Shinde Sena leader’s remark revives memories of Uddhav’s claim in 2019 | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The BJP in Maharashtra would be feeling a strange sense of deja vu. Five years after Uddhav Thackeray‘s Shiv Sena claimed that there was an agreed “deal” with the BJP over rotational chief minister, now Eknath Shinde‘s Sena says there was a “deal” with the saffron party for the top job if Mahayuti…

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‘Soyabean prices, Covid-19, huge crowds at rallies’: Uddhav Thackeray questions what went wrong in Maharashtra polls | Mumbai News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: To say Uddhav Thackeray is facing an existential crisis barely scratches the surface of the turmoil engulfing the son of Balasaheb Thackeray.Uddhav has lost not only the iconic Shiv Sena name but also the legendary bow-and-arrow symbol to Eknath Shinde, a former loyalist turned formidable adversary, who also claimed the coveted chief minister’s…

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Maharashtra election results: BJP’s best, Congress’s worst-ever show in state; ‘Traitors’ Shinde and Pawar prove they’re true heirs | India News – Times of India

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…

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