Maharashtra Election: The nomination process for the 288 seats in the assembly has started and the polling will happen on November 20 with the results to be declared on November 23.In the 2019 assembly elections in Maharashtra, the BJP won 105 seats, Shiv Sena secured 56, and Congress won 44 seats.
At a public meeting in Islampur, Sharad Pawar hinted at Jayant Patil as the NCP's (SP) chief ministerial candidate for Maharashtra’s upcoming elections. Watch the highlights of Pawar’s praise for Patil’s leadership and potential to lead the state.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) won nine Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra in the just concluded elections, the same as the BJP, while its rival faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde bagged seven.
Jayant Patil expressed his gratitude to well-wishers and affirmed his intention to resume his daily and party responsibilities after a brief period of rest.
In the midst of ongoing speculation about another rife within the party, Jayant Patil also made it clear that he is devoted to staying loyal to the party leader, Sharad Pawar.
Patil has been asked to appear on May 22.
NCP leader Jayant Patil summoned by ED in IL&FS case
Jayant Patil is considered to be a close aide of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari news: President Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignation of Koshyari, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said on Sunday. Koshyari was replaced by Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais.
NCP has ruled out resignation of Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. Maharashtra NCP chief Jayant Patil announced the decision after meeting with party.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and NCP's state unit president Jayant Patil are scheduled to meet party supremo Sharad Pawar in Delhi on Sunday.
Patil, who earlier this month visited parts of the state during the ''Rashtravadi Parivar Samvad Yatra'' (an initiative to reach out to NCP leaders and workers), also asked those who came in contact with him recently to be observant and self-isolate.
BJP leader Eknath Khadse has quit the Bharatiya Janata Party to join the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Maharashtra minister Jayant Patil said on Wednesday. The development comes just a day after former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis rejected the speculations, saying there are talks every day of such kind of "muhurat".
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