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Why Dhananjay Munde’s resignation is a ‘big blow’ to Mahayuti govt’s image
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Why Dhananjay Munde’s resignation is a ‘big blow’ to Mahayuti govt’s image

Mumbai: The second day of the ongoing Maharashtra Assembly session saw intense action not just outside the Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai, but also in Beed district. Before the proceedings commenced Tuesday, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis informed mediapersons of the resignation of state’s food and civil supplies minister, Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar) leader Dhananjay Munde, and said that he had accepted it. The move comes after Munde’s close aide Walmik Karad was named as one of the ‘masterminds’ in the December 2024 murder case of Santosh Deshmukh, a sarpanch in Beed’s Massajog village. Fadnavis said that Munde had been relieved of his charge. Show Full Article Karad has been accused of murdering Deshmukh for resisting an attempt of alleged extortion.M...
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‘Why more voters added in 5 months than in 5 yrs,’ Rahul alleges irregularities in Maharashtra polls
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‘Why more voters added in 5 months than in 5 yrs,’ Rahul alleges irregularities in Maharashtra polls

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday raised concerns over the surge in new voters, particularly between the 2024 Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections in Maharashtra, highlighting that 39 lakh new voters were added in just five months after the Lok Sabha polls. Addressing a press conference at the Constitution Club in Delhi alongside Maha Vikas Aghadi partners Sanjay Raut and Supriya Sule, Rahul Gandhi also questioned discrepancies in voter registration figures, claiming that the number of registered voters exceeded Maharashtra’s total adult population. “We want to bring to the notice of the people of India some information that we have found regarding the Maharashtra elections. We have studied in detail the voter lists, the voting pattern and we have a team work...
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Maharashtra enforces Marathi for govt officials, violators to face action
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Maharashtra enforces Marathi for govt officials, violators to face action

Mumbai: The Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government Monday reiterated its Marathi language policy that mandates all its employees across departments to only speak in Marathi. The state government also made it mandatory for all its department offices to put up a board at a visible location that directs everyone to converse in Marathi. The state Marathi language department issued a government resolution giving directions to implement the Marathi language policy Monday. The resolution further says, if any official is found to be violating the guidelines of conversing in Marathi in government offices, a complaint can be filed against him with the head of the department, who will then conduct an inquiry into the complaint and take disciplinary action, if necessary. Show Full...
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Walking a tightrope | Maharashtra’s new Devendra Fadnavis government
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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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