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Mumbai: “Complicated” is going to be the middle name of the assembly election in Maharashtra this year. But the state is bracing for an even tougher battle once the dust settles – one for the Chief Minister’s chair. No matter which side wins, ruling alliance Mahayuti or the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, that decision is…
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New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today played down allegations that the BJP plays the politics of engineering splits in other parties, saying veteran political leader Sharad Pawar had done the same in his day. “Everything is fair in love and politics. Sometimes, it works out vis-a-vis the people, other times there are reactions,” Mr…
File photo Mumbai: NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule has said political rapprochement with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is not possible till he is aligned with the BJP and said she will not be a chief minister post aspirant if the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is voted to power. In an exclusive interview…
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Mumbai: It is raining poll promises in Maharashtra, with around two weeks to go before the assembly election. The ruling alliance Mahayuti and the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, have both released their manifestos which make tall promises, especially to the women, farmers and the young people of the state. Given the do-or-die nature of the…
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New Delhi: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Nationalist Congress Party’s Ajit Pawar will continue to use the clock symbol but will have to give a declaration within 36 hours that the matter is still under the consideration of the Supreme Court. At a hearing in the Supreme Court today, the judges noted that the Ajit Pawar…
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Looking to sharpen your mathematical skills? Dive into the Maharashtra elections, where permutations and combinations abound. By the time a new government forms in India’s most industrialised and influential state, you might just feel like a maths wizard. In fact, psephologists, pollsters, and self-styled political pundits including yours truly should consider this election a refresher…
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Maharashtra assembly polls will be held on November 20. Pune: The split in the Nationalist Congress Party has cast its shadow on the famed Diwali celebrations of the Pawars, with different events being organised for the first time by Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in Pune district. In a post on…
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Sharad Pawar highlighted the “change of language” used by Ajit Pawar for the Baramati seat. (File) Baramati: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar turned the heat on his estranged nephew and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Tuesday, virtually accusing him of breaking the family for his political ambitions. Campaigning for his grandnephew and NCP (SP) nominee…
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Baramati, the pocketborough of the undivided NCP, will see another battle between the two factions of the party, with Ajit Pawar in the fray. Facing him would be Sharad Pawar’s grandnephew Yugendra Pawar. Sharad Pawar had founded the NCP with former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno Sangma and Tariq Anwar in 1999 after their expulsion from…
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The Shiv Sena faction of Uddhav Thackeray released a name of 65 candidates this evening, declaring that the seat-sharing for Maharashtra has been finalised. The contentious exercise had apparently concluded after weeks of hectic discussions. The outcome, Shiv Sena had said, was each of the three key allies in the Maha Vikas Aghadi — the…