Tag: Maharashtra Politics

'Rebels betrayed Shiv Sena when I was fighting for life in hospital': ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray
'Rebels betrayed Shiv Sena when I was fighting for life in hospital': ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray

During his hospitalisation in November 2021 for his neck and spine problems, Thackeray underwent two surgeries in a space of a week, but the anxious family had not disclosed then that the pater-familias was practically pushed into the jaws of death.

  • Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Day after Uddhav's resignation, BJP to hold meetings in Mumbai to decide next course of action
Day after Uddhav's resignation, BJP to hold meetings in Mumbai to decide next course of action

Uddhav Thackeray resigned soon after the Supreme Court refused to stay Governor B S Koshyari's direction to his government to take a floor test in the Assembly on Thursday.

  • Thursday, 30 June 2022
'Erase All Differences': Bombay HC Tells Maha Governor, CM
'Erase All Differences': Bombay HC Tells Maha Governor, CM

Referring to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's inaction on the nomination of 12 MLCs, pending since November 6, 2020, the bench pointed out that there was no movement even after the court's verdict in Aug. 2021.

  • Wednesday, 09 March 2022
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Sena Calls Off Meeting, BJP Sounds Defiant

Mumbai: Giving a fresh twist to the ongoing saga in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena has called off its scheduled meeting with the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership. This comes in the wake of Devendra Fadnavis asserting the Chief Minister’s post belongs exclusively to the BJP and rubbished Sena’s claims of a 50-50 deal. Earlier in the […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Final 3 Offers For Sena As BJP Elects Fadnavis

New Delhi: In the backdrop of the tussle between the BJP and Shiv Sena over the CM’s post, the BJP elected former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis as the leader of the legislature party on Wednesday. The BJP legislature party met in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon, a day after Fadnavis asserted that he would be the […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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Eknath Shinde Elected Sena Leader, Heads To Meet Maha Guv

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Thursday elected Eknath Shinde as their Legislature Party leader, and announced their slated meeting with Maharashtra Governor soon. Aditya Thackeray proposed Shindes name for the post and Sunil Prabhu’s name for the post of Chief Whip of the legislature party. The Thackeray junior tweeted: “As an elected MLA, it was […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
BJP-Sena Should Form Govt; Cong-NCP Will Sit In Oppn: Pawar

Mumbai: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday asked the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena to form government in Maharashtra at the earliest, and asserted that his party and its ally Congress will work as a “responsible opposition”. Addressing a press conference here after meeting senior Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, Pawar […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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Fadnavis Quits, Blames Shiv Sena For Deadlock In Maharashtra

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday tendered his resignation while blaming the ally Shiv Sena for the impasse over government formation after the Assembly polls. “The governor has accepted my resignation. I thank the people of Maharashtra for giving me the chance to serve them for the last five years,” Fadnavis said. Refuting […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
Maharashtra
Saffron Alliance On Brink As Sena Hits Back At BJP

Mumbai: The saffron alliance in Maharashtra tottered on the brink as Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), virtually calling it a party of “liars”, here on Friday. Responding to outgoing Chief Minister ‘ statement that there was “no discussion between the BJP and Shiv Sena on sharing the […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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Uddhav Thackeray Unanimous Choice For Maharashtra CM: Pawar

Mumbai: A crucial two-hour-long meeting of the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress concluded here on Friday evening with a call to Sena President Uddhav Thackeray to accept the post of Maharashtra Chief Minister. Emerging from the meeting, NCP President Sharad Pawar indicated that a consensus had evolved on Thackeray’s name for the top post. “There is […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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We Can Prove Majority In 10 Minutes Flat: Sanjay Raut

Mumbai: Calling up Maharashtra Governor B.S. Koshyari to ask the newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to prove his majority within 24 hours, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the Sena-NCP-Congress would prove their strength in just “10 minutes.” “Why has the Governor given the BJP such a long time […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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BJP's Devendra Fadnavis Quits After 4 Days In Office

Mumbai: In a major embarrassment for the Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday quit, hours after Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar submitted his resignation, four days after they were sworn-in early morning of November 23. “Ajit Pawar handed in his resignation this morning. So we don’t have the requisite numbers to […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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After Quitting As Dy CM, Ajit Pawar Attends NCP MLAs' Meet

Mumbai: NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who joined hands with the BJP last week to form government in Maharashtra but quit it later, attended a meeting of his party legislators here on Wednesday and guided them on various issues, party MLA Dhananjay Munde said. The leaders discussed issues relating to Thursday’s swearing-in ceremony of Shiv Sena […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
Maharashtra
Sena-NCP-Congress Aghadi Announces 'Secular, All-Inclusive' CMP

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress on Thursday afternoon announced a “secular, all-inclusive Common Minimum Programme” which will serve as the guiding principle for the Maha Vikas Aghadi government which will take office on Thursday, top party leaders said. The CMP focuses on farmers, unemployment, girls and women, besides industry, health, social justice and other […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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