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16Oct

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‘Sitting Right Here’: Devendra Fadnavis Drops Hint At Mahayuti’s CM Face Ahead Of Maharashtra P

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday hinted that Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde might likely be the Mahayuti alliance's CM face for the upcoming Maharashtra polls. However, he did not explicitly take his name. Shinde and Ajit Pawar were seated by his side at an event where they released a report card of the state government's work, when Fadnavis said "our Chief Minister is sitting here," challenging NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar to announce Maha Vikas Aghadi's CM candidate. "We don't need to announce the chief minister's face, our chief minister is sitting right here," Fadnavis said. Challenging Pawar, he added: "The Maha Vikas Aghadi is not announcing the chief minister's face because they don't think their chief minister can com...

15Oct

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Why stakes are high for BJP & INDIA bloc as Maharashtra, Jharkhand go to polls

Moreover, the polls, particularly in Maharashtra, will also have a bearing on the cohesiveness within the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). Also Read: BJP’s Haryana win boosts its position in Mahayuti, but may not translate into easy gains in Maharashtra Momentum post-Haryana In the Haryana assembly elections, which concluded on 8 October, the BJP won 48 of the state’s 90 seats, while the Congress bagged 37. In J&K, of the 90 assembly seats, the National Conference won 42 seats, the Congress 6, and the BJP 29. In the Lok Sabha polls, held in June this year, the BJP lost ground in Haryana and Maharashtra as well as Jharkhand.The party won only five of Haryana’s 10 seats, ceding the rest to the Congress, compared to 2019 when it swept all 10. In Maharashtra, the B...

7 Maharashtra MLCs sworn in hours before poll code kicked in. Who they are & what’s behind move

15Oct

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7 Maharashtra MLCs sworn in hours before poll code kicked in. Who they are & what’s behind move

Mumbai: Just hours before the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the Maharashtra Assembly elections kicked in Tuesday, the ruling Mahayuti government swore in seven MLCs to the Legislative Council of the governor’s quota of 12. The Opposition, particularly the Shiv Sena (UBT), has alleged that the move is “unconstitutional”. “A court case is going on regarding the 12 names that we (the Maha Vikas Aghadi) had given when our government was there. The Bombay High Court has reserved the order and as it was pending in the court, with the help of the Governor, the government declared 7 names. This is illegal and unconstitutional,” said Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut. The plea over the 12 names recommended by the previous MVA government that did not receive the governor’s assent is pending in court....

15Oct

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Maharashtra Election: Ruling Mahayuti, Oppn Alliance Inch Closer To Seat-Sharing Ahead Of Polls

As the Election Commission announced the Maharashtra Assembly elections on Tuesday, the focus has shifted to the seat-sharing arrangements within the two main alliances—Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). According to sources, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to contest the highest number of seats within the Mahayuti alliance while the Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) are reportedly in a contest to be the bigger party in the MVA. Maharashtra Election 2024: Mahayuti's Seat-Sharing Formula The BJP is expected to field candidates in 145 to 155 seats, while Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction could contest 85 to 90 seats. Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) may field candidates in 50 to 55 seats, sources revealed. NCP leader Praful Patel informed reporters on Monday...

Behind Shinde govt’s 11th-hour Mumbai toll waiver, there’s decade-long politics and a ‘flawed’ contract

14Oct

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Behind Shinde govt’s 11th-hour Mumbai toll waiver, there’s decade-long politics and a ‘flawed’ contract

The Raj Thackeray-led MNS had led a shrill campaign for a toll-free Maharashtra from 2012 to 2014, with the then undivided Shiv Sena and the BJP, too, taking up the issue with the then government of the Congress and the undivided Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).“This is a historic decision. It is a masterstroke,” CM Shinde told reporters in Mumbai after the cabinet meeting.“There has been a demand for toll waiver here for many years. Toll collection would lead to a lot of traffic congestion, too. As an MLA, I have also agitated for a toll waiver and had gone to court over it. This decision will benefit many people, including middle-class families; it will save time, fuel and reduce pollution,” he added. Worli MLA Aaditya Thackeray of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) in a post on...

11Oct

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‘All Is Well’: Ajit Pawar Rejects Mahayuti Rift Rumours Over Leaving Cabinet Meet Early, Calls

Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday sought to scotch speculation over his leaving the state cabinet meeting early, and said all is well within the ruling Mahayuti alliance comprising BJP, Shiv Sena and his NCP. Speaking at a press conference here after inducting actor Sayaji Shinde in the Nationalist Congress Party, Pawar was non-committal about whether he would contest from the Baramati assembly seat, stating that the decision will be taken after seat-sharing is finalized. “I had to leave early to attend a scheduled programme at Ahmedpur in Marathwada region,” the NCP chief said. “All the cabinet decisions taken yesterday have my approval,” he added. Pawar's brief attendance at a crucial cabinet meeting in Mumbai Thursday had raised eyebrows, particularly as numerous fi...

11Oct

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Uphill task for Ajit Pawar

There is a touch of pink to Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar these days. Whether in his jackets or on hoardings, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president can be seen exuding a softer hue. The shade is believed to be more appealing to women voters, whose interests his party says they have pandered to with the recent Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, which provides a monthly dole of Rs 1,500 to around 25 million women. The Mahayuti government may have announced the scheme but since Ajit handles the finance portfolio, his party claims the credit must go to him. He is also seen smiling and interacting with women, a break from his otherwise gruff persona. As Maharashtra heads towards an assembly election, to be announced any day, he has also embarked on a statewide Jan Sa...

11Oct

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Deputy CM Ajit Pawar leaves meet in 10 minutes, cabinet OKs 38 proposals later | India News – Times of India

MUMBAI: In one of the last cabinet meetings before the announcement of the assembly elections, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who holds the finance portfolio, was present for only around 10 minutes and left immediately after tribute was paid to Ratan Tata Thursday. Thirty-eight decisions - many of them having major financial implications - were taken in the two and a half hours that the meeting continued for after he left.Chief minister Eknath Shinde presided over the meeting, and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis was with him all the time.Insiders said it was possible he was unhappy with the state of affairs and the high number of urgent proposals being brought before the cabinet meeting at the last minute without prior circular. Over the past few weeks, the finance department has raised obj...

Land for Dharavi rehabilitation to big SC outreach, Shinde cabinet has taken 146 decisions in 1 month

10Oct

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Land for Dharavi rehabilitation to big SC outreach, Shinde cabinet has taken 146 decisions in 1 month

Mumbai: Ahead of the model code of conduct coming into force in Maharashtra, the Mahayuti government has taken nearly 146 decisions in one month alone. These include populist moves, from declaring the cow as ‘Rajmata-Gaumata’, to infrastructure projects, to giving out land parcels to the Adani group for the Dharavi project, to creating corporations for minorities in the state. On 5 September, the cabinet passed 13 decisions, on 23 September, 23 decisions were taken, on 30 September came another 40 decisions, on 4 October, 32 decisions. On Thursday, the state cabinet took 38 decisions. “This is a routine mandate before the elections. It is not new. However, this time, yes the number of decisions taken are more as the elections would also be a close contest,” said a source from the Chief Min...

10Oct

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Why Haryana election outcome puts ‘psychological’ pressure back on opposition’s MVA in Maharashtra? – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Has Haryana election results neutralised the "psychological advantage" which the Congress-led opposition had claimed to gain after Lok Sabha polls? Rahul Gandhi had in his recent speeches claimed that the opposition had broken PM Modi "psychologically", citing the fact that his government was dependent on the support of allies in Lok Sabha for survival. The Lok Sabha results had given a new impetus to the Congress offensive against the BJP and it was confident that Haryana results would reinforce its narrative of "BJP being a party on decline." However, the actual outcome has left the Congress stunned and also brought it under attack from its allies. And what's more, suddenly the so-called "psychological pressure" has shifted to the opposition ranks. The next big electoral battl...

In Maharashtra, Modi sounds poll ‘nangara’ from crucial Vidarbha & gives CM Shinde a big fillip in Thane

5Oct

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In Maharashtra, Modi sounds poll ‘nangara’ from crucial Vidarbha & gives CM Shinde a big fillip in Thane

In his speeches at Washim and Thane, Modi came down heavily on the Congress and accused the opposition party of trying to pit communities against each other.“Just like the British, the Congress family does not view Dalits, backward communities, tribals as equals. They think that if we all unite then their agenda to divide the country will fail,” PM Modi said.The BJP will be contesting the upcoming polls with its Mahayuti allies, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). In this year’s Lok Sabha elections, the Mahayuti suffered a significant blow, winning just 17 seats out of 48, a stark dip from the 2014 and 2019 polls where the BJP in alliance with the undivided Shiv Sena won 41 seats. “Mahayuti government thinks only of development whereas MVA is anti-d...

4Oct

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Split decision: On the rivalry between the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party

In the run-up to the impending election to the Maharashtra Assembly, the rivalry between the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), now operating as separate parties, will have its inevitable influence on political developments and electoral outcomes. In the latest development related to the rift, NCP founder Sharad Pawar has approached the Supreme Court for a direction to the NCP led by Ajit Pawar to opt for a new symbol in the Assembly elections. The NCP’s ‘clock’ symbol is with the Ajit Pawar group, following a ruling by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in February, recognising it as the official NCP. There is some logic to the demand that the Ajit Pawar group give up the ‘clock’ now. The ECI’s order has already been challenged in the Supreme Court. Oral observation...

3Oct

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How Modi’s rally in Thane, a first as PM, stands to bolster Shinde’s position in Mahayuti

Mumbai: In January 2023, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Mumbai to inaugurate a Metro railway line, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had set the agenda for the politics of his Shiv Sena. “We are all Modi’s men,” he had announced. On Saturday, PM Modi will kick off the Mahayuti’s campaign for the Maharashtra polls with a rally on Shinde’s home turf Thane, sending a strong message that while Shinde may be “one of Modi’s men,” the vice-versa is also true. The Mahayuti comprises the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Show Full Article “Unlike what was earlier being said when the BJP formed the government with the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, Eknath Shinde has proven that he is ...

1Oct

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Video | Maharashtra Assembly Elections: महायुति का बड़ा फैसला, देसी गायों को दिया राज्यमाता का दर्जा

Maharashtra Assembly Elections से पहले महायुति ने एक बड़ा फैसला लिया है. राज्य में देसी गायों का बढ़ावा देने के लिए उन्हें राज्यमाता का दर्जा दिया गया है. इसके साथ ही गायों के पालन-पोषण के लिए सब्सिडी योजना का एलान किया गया है.Source link

24Sep

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Where are co-accused with ‘BJP links’? Oppn slams Mahayuti after Badlapur accused killed in custody

Mumbai: A day after Akshay Shinde, accused of sexually assaulting two minor girls in a Badlapur school, died in police custody, the Opposition has sharpened its attack on the ruling Mahayuti, asking the question: where are the other co-accused with “links to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?” The Special Investigation Team (SIT) the Maharashtra government set up to probe the alleged sexual assault of the two four-year-olds at the private school filed two chargesheets in the case last week. The chargesheet named the school principal, the chairman and the secretary of the educational institution as co-accused in the case for allegedly failing to report the incident as required under the POCSO Act. The chairman, Uday Kotwal, as well as the secretary, Tushar Apte, have been absconding and appr...

Eye on BJP’s core voters, Mahayuti govt approves corporations for Brahmins, Rajputs in Maharashtra

24Sep

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Eye on BJP’s core voters, Mahayuti govt approves corporations for Brahmins, Rajputs in Maharashtra

Mumbai: The Mahayuti government in Maharashtra, which has been walking a tightrope, struggling to clinch the support of both the Marathas and the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) ahead of the October assembly polls, has decided to consolidate the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) primary support base now. The state cabinet has decided to set up two corporations for the economic development of the Brahmin and Rajput communities, respectively. The BJP is the largest constituent party of the ruling Mahayuti, which includes the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party. Show Full Article At the cabinet meeting held on Monday, the Maharashtra government gave its nod to the ‘Parshuram Economic Development Corporation’ for Brahmins and t...

14Sep

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Shiv Sena MLA’s burqa outreach sparks spat with ally BJP – Times of India

MUMBAI: A spat has erupted between Mahayuti partners Shiv Sena and BJP over a burqa distribution programme organised by Byculla MLA Yamini Jadhav in her constituency last week.BJP city unit chief Ashish Shelar said his party did not agree with such programmes. Byculla has a large Muslim presence and the assembly election is a couple of months away.Jadhav was routed in the Lok Sabha election that she fought from Mumbai South this summer, and in her Byculla assembly segment she trailed the winner by more than 45,000 votes.Jadhav said her assembly was cosmopolitan and people from all communities lived there. She said she was only giving what people wanted and the burqa was a symbol of respect for Muslim women. She said she had been working for the Muslim community for years.In the Lok Sabha e...

11Sep

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Shinde’s home visits to Ajit Pawar’s pink jackets, Mahayuti’s big 3 clash over ‘big brother’ crown

Mumbai: On Tuesday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde walked into a small one-room house in Thane with a cavalcade of reporters, camera persons, and members of his own team. He sat on a plastic chair in front of a wall lined with two cupboards. Next to him on another plastic chair sat a woman of the house, dressed up in a bright pink saree. Shinde asked the woman, a beneficiary of the Mahayuti government’s ‘Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana’ (My beloved sister scheme), if her importance in the house had surged because of the money she got under the scheme, and told her to spread the word among womenfolk. “I can’t believe you have come to my house,” the woman said. “Well, I am a member of your family,” Shinde replied. Show Full Article There is a massive credit...

Backed by Mahayuti, shared stage with RSS chief—who is ‘seer’ Ramgiri Maharaj

8Sep

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Backed by Mahayuti, shared stage with RSS chief—who is ‘seer’ Ramgiri Maharaj

However, constituents of the ruling Mahayuti, especially the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena, appear to be using the controversy to their advantage. In August, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde shared a stage with Ramgiri Maharaj and said that in Maharashtra, nobody can even “touch the hair” of any saint. “Saints like Ramgiri Maharaj carry out the work of giving direction to people.” Also, rural development minister Girish Mahajan and former Ahmednagar MP Sujay Vikhe-Patil touched Ramgiri Maharaj’s feet on stage. Kankavli MLA Nitesh Rane of the BJP said there would be repercussions if the Maharaj was harmed. “We will enter your mosques and hit you one by one. Keep this in mind.” Two FIRs have been registered against Rane at Shrirampur and Topkhana police stations.Over the last couple...

6Sep

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Sangh Parivar | The saffron churn

On September 2, as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) wrapped up its Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak, the three-day national coordination meeting of affiliate organisations, prachar pramukh Sunil Ambekar’s press conference was buzzing with reporters. And he didn’t disappoint, picking the opportunity to, as one participant put it, “drop a couple of bombs”. For one, he clarified that the Sangh was in favour of the contentious national caste census (with riders, of course) and, two, he made a public admission of unresolved “issues” between the RSS and its ideological offspring, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which rules at the Centre.Source link

6Sep

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BJP | The saffron churn

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4Sep

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14 yrs in making, 4-lane Mumbai-Goa highway re-emerges as political flashpoint before Maharashtra polls

Speaking to ThePrint, officials said the project, with an initial deadline of 2016, has now crossed all major hurdles, and they are now looking at a December 2024 deadline. Graphic by Shruti Naithani | ThePrint The project has, meanwhile, been attracting its fair share of politics. The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are all looking to expand their political stock in the Konkan region and have often engaged in blame games and slugfests over the project.Of late, the project has also emerged as a political flashpoint within the ruling Mahayuti alliance, with leaders of the Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the BJP trading barbs over the condition of the highway. Ramdas Kadam, who belongs...

In Ajit Pawar-led NCP’s protests against own govt over Shivaji statue collapse, a Shiv Sena flashback

31Aug

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In Ajit Pawar-led NCP’s protests against own govt over Shivaji statue collapse, a Shiv Sena flashback

While it is too early to predict the same outcome for the Ajit Pawar-led NCP within the Mahayuti, for now, the party definitely seems to have taken a leaf out of the undivided Shiv Sena’s old playbook, party leaders explain.“There has been a conscious call within the party to speak out if the government has not done something right. For example, the state government machinery could have been more sensitive in handling the Badlapur case, which didn’t happen. So, we spoke about it with the seriousness that others in the government should have,” a senior functionary from the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, who did not wish to be named, told ThePrint. In the Badlapur case, where a member of a school’s cleaning staff had allegedly sexually assaulted two four-year-old girls, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar...

30Aug

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Maha Cracks In Mahayuti: Will ‘Strategic Alliance’ With NCP End Before Maharashtra Polls?

Maharashtra Election 2024: The rift in the 'Mahayuti', the ruling alliance in Maharashtra, is now out in the open. With the Ajit Pawar-led NCP protesting against the Eknath Shinde government, and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena issuing statements against NCP ministers, the "strategic alliance" seems to be nearing an end. If all goes well for the Maha Vikas Aghadi, the Mahayuti could head to a pre-poll breakup. Ground reports suggest that even the BJP and RSS cadres are unhappy with Ajit Pawar's NCP. While the leaders of respective parties had been putting up a brave face of unity, the writing on the wall has been clear for some time now — the Mahayuti alliance is not here to stay. The BJP has time and again managed to slip out of tough questions over its changed attitude towards Ajit Pawar...

29Aug

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In Shivaji statue collapse, Uddhav Sena sees window to reclaim Konkan. MVA steps up attack on Mahayuti

Mumbai: The collapse of Maratha icon Chhatrapati Shivaji’s statue has given fresh ammunition to the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ahead of the Maharashtra polls and a new lease of life to the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) in its bastion of Konkan, which it had lost to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha polls. On Wednesday, an altercation took place between the MVA and the Mahayuti leaders and workers when Aghadi leaders Aaditya Thackeray, Vijay Waddettiwar, Jayant Patil were present at Malvan’s Rajkot fort where the Shivaji statue had collapsed two days ago. As Aaditya Thackeray reached the spot when Rane was departing, their supporters clashed as a result of which the police could escort the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and his entourage out of the fort only after 2...