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20May By source belowNo Comments

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Banks should not insist on CIBIL score for loan disbursement to farmers, warns Fadnavis

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday issued a stern warning to banks, directing them not to insist on CIBIL scores while disbursing agricultural loans to farmers. He said that denying farm loans to farmers can have serious repercussions on the economy and may contribute to instances of farmer suicides.Speaking at the 167th State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) meeting at the Sahyadri Guest House, Fadnavis pointed out that despite repeated instructions, banks demand CIBIL scores for farm loans. “This issue must be resolved immediately. FIRs have already been filed against some banks in the past. If any branch (of a bank) continues to insist on CIBIL, strict action will be taken,” Fadnavis said. The CIBIL score is a credit worthiness mechanism of the Credit Information Bure...

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20May By source belowNo Comments

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Maharashtra: Chhagan Bhujbal likely to be re-inducted as minister today

Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal is all set to be re-inducted as a minister in Mahayuti government at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai on Tuesday. While Bhujbal was unavailable for comment, one of his close associates confirmed the development. According to sources, Bhujbal will take oath at 10 am. Preparations for the swearing-in ceremony began on Monday night, with approximately 50 guests expected to attend. The induction of Bhujbal in the cabinet follows the resignation of NCP leader Dhananjay Munde in March, during the budget session. Munde resigned after he got embroiled in a controversy related to his close associate Walmik Karad, who was accused of killing Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh. Story continues below this ad Bhujbal is likely to get the Fo...

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16May By source belowNo Comments

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Weeks after WAVES, BMC proposes formalising construction of temporary sets of films and serials in Mumbai

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on May 16 issued a notification to amend Mumbai’s Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCPR) 2034, allowing temporary constructions of sets for films, TV serials, and advertisements in Mumbai. The civic body’s move comes two weeks after Mumbai hosted the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) in a bid to position India as a global powerhouse in the fields of media and global innovation. Also, earlier this month, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that the Centre will construct a film studio on a 240-acre plot in the Malad area of the western suburbs. Earlier in 2022, Mumbai’s then municipal commissioner, Iqbal Singh Chahal, had also initiated an inquiry into the unauthorized construction of film studios at the Madh, Marv...

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12May By source belowNo Comments

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Eight months after collapse, new Shivaji statue inaugurated by CM Fadnavis

Eight months after the collapse of a 35-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the Maharashtra government on Sunday unveiled a new 91-foot bronze statue at Rajkot Fort in Malvan town, located in the coastal Sindhudurg district. The statue was inaugurated by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The earlier statue, which was 35 feet tall, had collapsed in August 2024 amid heavy rain and strong winds, just seven months after it was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2023, sparking a political controversy in the state. “After the unfortunate incident last year, our government had resolved that the new statue will be built in a record time and we have done that. The climate in Konkan region has experienced several different types of cyclones. The statue has been built studyi...

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10May By source belowNo Comments

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Fadnavis, Mohan Yadav ink MoU for Tapi Basin Mega Recharge Project

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Mohan Yadav on Saturday signed an MoU on the Tapi Basin Mega Recharge Project, in Bhopal. The project, which was conceptualised over two decades ago, has finally moved forward, promising to address drinking, industrial and irrigation water problems in both Maharashtra and MP. The Rs 20,000-crore project is among the world’s largest water recharge scheme. After inking the MoU in Bhopal, Fadnavis said, “We will urge the Centre to accord the Tapi project national status. The MP CM and I will personally meet the central leadership with the proposal.” “The project will go a long way in resolving water problems in parts of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Under the project, 1.23 lakh hectares of land in Madhya Pradesh...

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10May By source belowNo Comments

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Devendra Fadnavis calls Pakistan ‘terrorist nation’, says Indian armed forces giving it ‘befitting response’

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Saturday called Pakistan a “terrorist nation” and said the country has always given patronage to terrorist activities. Speaking to the media after offering prayers at the Alandi pilgrimage town in the Pune district, Fadnavis said, “Our armed forces are giving Pakistan a befitting response. We are proud of our armed forces.” As India-Pakistan border tensions escalated in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack and India’s subsequent retaliation with Operation Sindoor, Fadnavis said, “Pakistan has always supported terrorism. All its operations and activities have established its support for terrorism,” he said. Story continues below this ad Fadnavis said India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, will give a befitting ...

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9May By source belowNo Comments

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Huge pendency: Maharashtra water conservation dept to scrap projects worth Rs 2,000 cr

The pendency of projects worth Rs 10,000 crore under the water conservation department over a decade and its growing liability has not only restricted the department to take up the new projects, but also forced it to scrap projects worth at least Rs 2,000 crore on which work has not yet begun. The Maharashtra Water Conservation Corporation under the department undertakes various small-scale water conservation schemes with the capacity of 0 to 600 hectare irrigation potential, such as minor irrigation pond, KT weir, storage lake, percolation tank, lift irrigation scheme, etc. A total of 9,800 of such works costing Rs 21,000 crore have been pending from 2000-01 to 2024-25. The government has already spent around Rs 11,000 crore and requires at least Rs 10,000 crore more to complete the proje...

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7May By source belowNo Comments

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Maharashtra CM Fadnavis, Deputy CM Shinde hail Operation Sindoor, Raut says credit goes to armed forces

Political leaders in Maharashtra Wednesday hailed Operation Sindoor, India’s military action against terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). While those part of the ruling Mahayuti alliance credited the Narendra Modi government for Operation Sindoor, Opposition leaders said the credit should actually go to the armed forces.Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis took to X to express solidarity in a brief message: “Jai Hind. Bharat Mata Ki Jai.” जय हिंद 🇮🇳 भारत माता की जय ! pic.twitter.com/vNgDhYw5Nk — Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) May 6, 2025 Operation Sindoor, which targeted nine terror bases in Pakistan and PoK past Wednesday midnight, was executed two weeks after the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, in which 26 people were killed...

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2May By source belowNo Comments

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Maharashtra report card: 12 of 48 govt depts score perfect 100, eight below 60 per cent

At least 12 of the 48 departments in Maharashtra achieved 100 per cent of their target in the 100 days set by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis soon after he took charge of the Mahayuti government last December, found a performance assessment carried out by the Quality Control of India. The performance of eight departments was below 60 per cent. Atleast three departments—General Administration (24 per cent), Urban Development (34 per cent) and Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (33 per cent)—which recorded poor performance are held by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar respectively. Fadnavis had set an ambitious target for each department to complete their works in the first 100 days after he took oath of office on December 5 last year. The o...

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1May By source belowNo Comments

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With ADG rank officer as city police chief, what next for post of spl commissioner

When Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the creation of the post of Special Commissioner in Mumbai Police in January 2023, one of the prime reasons cited by him was that there was a gap of a rank between Mumbai Police Commissioner — a Director General (DG) officer — and the five joint commissioners — an Inspector General (IG) rank post. Fadnavis had mentioned that the Special Commissioner, an Additional DG rank post which was present in other commissionerates, would help fill the gap in the administrative hierarchy. However, with the appointment of Deven Bharti, an ADG rank officer, as the Mumbai Police Commissioner, many wondered what will happen to the post of the Special Commissioner. Story continues below this ad An official said, “As of now, they have not name...

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30Apr By source belowNo Comments

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CM terms it historic, slams previous Congress govts; Opp claims victory of Rahul’s efforts

Ruling and opposition parties in Maharashtra on Wednesday welcomed the Central government’s decision to include caste census in the the forthcoming population census. While Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis termed it historic and a step towards social justice, he targeted Congress governments in the past for not holding caste census. “Successive Congress governments failed to undertake caste census. But it is the Narendra Modi-led government which has taken this step towards bringing social justice in the country,”he said. Deputy Chief Minitsers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar too termed the decision as historic. Story continues below this ad “The central government’s decision to conduct a caste-based census is welcome, as it will help all sections of society receive their rig...

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29Apr By source belowNo Comments

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Congress’s Wadettiwar faces BJP, Sena attack over Pahalgam remark

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday slammed senior Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar for questioning the survivors’ accounts that the Pahalgam terrorists asked the religion of the victims before killing them. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Wadettiwar said, “We are being told that the terrorists ascertained the religion of the victims and then killed them. Do terrorists have so much time to go close to someone and whisper in their ears? It is highly controversial because some are claiming such things did happen while others are denying it. Do not plan anything around it. Terrorists do not have caste or religion.” He added that the government must take responsibility of the attack. “Why was security not there? Was there no intelligence fa...

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27Apr By source belowNo Comments

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Supriya Sule calls for civil valour award for families of those killed in Pahalgam terror attack

Nationalist Congress Party (SP) Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Sunday, urging that the civil valour award be presented to the families of all six victims of the Pahalgam terror attack from the state on the occasion of Maharashtra Day on May 1. Sule also asked Fadnavis to provide a government job to a member of each of these families. “While the perpetrators were killing the men in the family, other members (of) families bravely faced this difficult situation. The courage they showed in this entire incident is very valuable. It is not easy to show such courage when our loved ones are being killed right before our eyes. Therefore, the families of the six people who died in this incident should be honoured with the ‘Civil Valor’ award on the oc...

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26Apr By source belowNo Comments

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‘Time to unite in the interest of Marathi, Maharashtra’: Sena (UBT) amid talks of rapproachement between Thackeray cousins

Amid initial hints of rapproachment between estranged cousins Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, Uddhav-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday said that it was “time to unite in the interest of Mumbai and Maharashtra” and that the party workers were “ready to safeguard the Marathi pride”.The party made the statement in a social media post on X. The post, written in Marathi, read: “Time has come to unite for Mumbai and Maharashtra. Shivsainiks are ready to protect Marathi asmita ( pride)” Story continues below this ad The Sena UBT’s post has come days ahead of the Maharashtra Day, which is observed on May 1. The statement comes amid talks of possible alliance between Uddhav-led Sena and Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) ahead of the local body elections later this ...

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25Apr By source belowNo Comments

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Bringing back tourists from J&K: Bawankule denies credit war; says ‘Shinde went as party leader, Mahajan as disaster management minister’

Amid the ongoing tussle within the ruling Mahayuti alliance to claim credit for bringing back tourists from Maharashtra who were stuck in J&K after the terror attack near Pahalgam, ruling BJP’s state unit chief and Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday denied the allies were trying to score political points over the issue. Bawankule said there was nothing wrong in both state Cabinet Minister Girish Mahajan and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde going to Srinagar to coordinate efforts to bring back tourists from the state. He said while the Maharashtra government sent Mahajan to Srinagar as the state Disaster Management Minister, Shinde went as leader of his party. “There is no miscommunication and no tussle over claiming credit. There is nothing wrong in Deputy Chief Min...

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19Apr By source belowNo Comments

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Miffed over OBC fund allotment, Maharashtra minister & ruling MLAs target minister Atul Save

Allotment of Rs 75 crore under Vasantrao Naik Tanda Vasti Sudhar Yojana under the Other Backward Bahujan Welfare department has come under scrutiny after Minister of State Meghana Sakore-Bordikar and other MLAs from the ruling alliance objected to it and sought its withdrawal. The department is led by Atul Save of the BJP. The complaints have reached the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) and CM Devendra Fadnavis has already stayed allotment of money in Nanded district’s Mukhed Assembly seat. Another Shiv Sena MLA, in his letter to Save, warned of protests for giving money to the Opposition instead of the ruling side. Sakore-Bordikar, from Parbhani’s Jintur Assembly seat, wrote to Save on April 16, pointing out that not even a single work suggested by her was included in the Rs 4.45-crore worth...

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18Apr By source belowNo Comments

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‘Developed Maharashtra–2047’ vision: Fadnavis holds warroom meet on social sector

In a bid to turn into reality the ‘Developed Maharashtra–2047’ vision, the state government on Thursday announced the formation of various committees. While the advisory committee comprising senior Cabinet ministers will be headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the coordination committee comprising senior bureaucrats will be led by Chief Secretary Sujata Saunik. Apart from these, sectoral committees on agriculture and allied sector; industry and service sector; infrastructure sector; social; administration and environment sector have also been announced. Each of these committees will be headed by administrative heads of the respective departments and comprise senior officials as well as members from the non-government sector. “The aim is to take Maharashtra’s economy to one trillion ...

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16Apr By source belowNo Comments

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‘We are raising over Rs 30,000 crore through off-budget financing to push capital expenditure in state’

With the state witnessing a rise in revenue expenditure and stagnation in capital expenditure that holds key to growth and achieving its target of a GDP of USD 1 trillion, Praveen Pardeshi, the first Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, said that the government has decided to fund capital expenditure through off-budget source of funding and has planned to raise and spend around Rs 30,000 crore on several key projects — completion of around 140 irrigation projects stalled over several decades; development of 7,000 km of concretised rural roads; and setting up sewage treatment plants across 490 small towns in the state — over the next two to five years. As the state has appointed a CEA to the chief minister for the first time, Pardeshi said that his t...

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13Apr By source belowNo Comments

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Mumbai Water Tanker Strike: BMC invokes Disaster Management Act; to requisition all water tankers, wells and ponds in city

With the Mumbai Water Tanker Association’s (MWTA) ongoing strike triggering an acute water crisis across the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday invoked the Disaster Management Act (2005), with the civic body now set to requisition all the water tankers as well as water wells and borewells in Mumbai, starting Tuesday (April 15). Eyeing to allay the ongoing water shortage and facilitate smooth supply, the civic body on Sunday also issued an exhaustive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for various stakeholders ranging from residential societies to civic officials.While the wells, borewells as well as water tankers in the city are privately owned, the civic legal as well as disaster management departments are set to issue a notification order calling for the requisit...

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10Apr By source belowNo Comments

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Shinde Sena minister Pratap Sarnaik appointed MSRTC chairman after bureaucrat’s appointment led to ‘disquiet’ within Mahayuti govt

The Maharashtra government Thursday appointed Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik as the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) chairman, two months after the appointment of a bureaucrat to the position allegedly triggered disquiet within the ruling Mahayuti coalition. Usually, the transport minister is also given the MSRTC chairmanship. But in February, Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis appointed Additional Chief Secretary Sanjay Sethi as the MSRTC chairman, overlooking Sarnaik, who belongs to Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena. This was the first time a bureaucrat was at the helm of the MSRTC, a post generally given to a public representative. This led to speculation that Shinde and Sarnaik were aggrieved with the decision. There were already signs ...

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9Apr By source belowNo Comments

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Maharashtra: Nod for new sand excavation policy; free sand of 5 brass for housing scheme beneficiaries

Maharashtra on Tuesday approved the state’s Sand Excavation and Disposal Policy 2025 which will have the provision of up to 5 brass (approximately 14 cubic meters) of free sand to beneficiaries of government housing schemes across the state.The policy was approved in a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. As per the new policy, sand from rivers and creeks will no longer be extracted and sold through the existing online depot system. Instead, it will now be done through a transparent auction process. Story continues below this ad Recognising the environmental importance of natural sand and its growing scarcity, the policy also emphasises the promotion of artificial (manufactured) sand. Initially, the use of artificial sand will be made mandatory in 2...

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5Apr By source belowNo Comments

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Days after stirring up fresh ‘Marathi’ row, Raj Thackeray asks MNS activists to stop protest, praises them for highlighting issue

Days after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists went on a rampage, beating up bank staff for not speaking in Marathi, party chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday appealed to them to stop the agitation while praising them for drawing attention to the issue. The appeal comes in the wake of widespread condemnation from bank officials and a second warning from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday that action will be taken against those who break the law. In an open letter to MNS workers, Thackeray wrote: “First of all, I congratulate you for once again raising your strong voice for the Marathi issue in Maharashtra. I had ordered you at the Gudi Padwa gathering to check whether transactions are being done in Marathi in banks in Maharashtra, and if not, inform the bank administration about...

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5Apr By source belowNo Comments

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CM Fellowship set to return under Devendra Fadnavis

A total of 60 young professionals will be enrolled in the Maharashtra Chief Minister Fellowship programme for the year 2025-26. The CM fellowship programme kicked off in the first term of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in 2015 and continued till 2019. One of the pet schemes of Fadnavis, the programme was discontinued during the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government and Covid-19 outbreak. It was restarted in 2023-24 when Eknath Shinde was the CM but did not continue due to general and assembly elections. The programme will now start giving opportunity to 60 young professionals in the age group of 21-26 to work with different government departments for a year, out of which at least one-third will be women. They will be paid Rs 61,500 per month. Story continues below this ad A...

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25Mar By source belowNo Comments

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Aurangzeb, a polarisation gimmick

Police personnel prepare iftar at Aurangzeb’s tomb in Maharashtra’s Khultabad. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Maharashtra has been embroiled in a controversy over the tomb of Aurangzeb, the 17th century Mughal ruler who was laid to rest in Khuldabad in Sambhajinagar district. The recent violence in Nagpur, the constituency of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and also of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, claimed one life and left dozens injured, including police personnel. Though the Nagpur Police Commissioner said that only a 800-metre stretch was affected by the violence, one third of the city continued to remain under strict curfew for days. The riots took place just a few days before Prime Minister Narendra Mo...

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7Dec By source belowNo Comments

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Walking a tightrope | Maharashtra’s new Devendra Fadnavis government

In June 2022, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sprang a surprise by choosing Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde as the chief minister of Maharashtra, with their own Devendra Fadnavis, in whose cabinet the former was a minister from 2014-19, as his deputy. Though it was speculated that Fadnavis would be doing some back-seat driving in the government, that was not to be. Shinde soon came into his own in terms of politics and policy, something that led to tensions within the ruling Mahayuti combine. Source link

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8Mar By source belowNo Comments

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Uddhav Thackeray’s ‘offer’ to Nitin Gadkari draws jeers from BJP

A file photo of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. | Photo Credit: PTI Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray’s open offer to senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Nitin Gadkari to leave the BJP and contest as a candidate from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) met with derision from the saffron party.Mr. Uddhav Thackeray, speaking at a rally in Latur, had again picked on the BJP for reportedly ‘excluding’ Mr. Gadkari from its first list of 195 candidates while announcing the name of former Maharashtra Minister Kripashankar Singh, accused of graft charges, for the Jaunpur seat.Exhorting Mr. Gadkari to resign from the BJP instead of “bowing before Delhi”, Mr. Thackeray...

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