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  Lok Sabha Election 2024: MVA's ultimatum to Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA to convey seat-sharing decision

  Maharashtra | March 19, 2024 10:41 IST

  MVA has offered four Lok Sabha seats to the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), which is for the latter to consider, Sanjay Raut had said earlier. The MVA has now given an ultimatum to VBA to clarify its stance on the matter.

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  MVA's seat-sharing deal finalised, Uddhav's Sena gets 22 seats, Congress 16, Pawar's NCP 10: Sources

  Maharashtra | March 18, 2024 0:02 IST

  The breakthrough comes after the intervention of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Last night a crucial meeting was held in which MVA allies achieved an agreement on the seat-sharing in Maharashtra, said the sources.

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  Lok Sabha election 2024: 'MVA offered four seats to Prakash Ambedkar's VBA', says Sanjay Raut

  Maharashtra | March 16, 2024 11:28 IST

  Lok Sabha election 2024: Countering Ambedkar for making misleading statements, Raut reiterated that the VBA’s list of 27 winnable seats was given to the MVA leaders who discussed it, and from those 27, they have decided to allot four seats to Ambedkar, who has to take a final call.

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  Prakash Ambedkar questions existence of MVA in Maharashtra, says major rift in alliance over 15 seat

  Maharashtra | March 14, 2024 18:40 IST

  MVA constituents - Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) headed by Uddhav Thackeray and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) - have been holding hectic parleys for the last several days to reach a consensus on the allocation of seats but to date, no solution was achieved.

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  'Join us if you are being insulted, we will...': Uddhav Thackeray to Nitin Gadkari

  Maharashtra | March 13, 2024 7:40 IST

  Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has once again requested Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to leave the BJP. This offer came after Gadkari's name was omitted from the BJP's first list of Lok Sabha candidates.

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  Uddhav Thackeray declares candidate from Mumbai North-West, miffs Congress as MVA talks continue

  Maharashtra | March 10, 2024 11:01 IST

  Sanjay Nirupam has been staking claim over the Mumbai North-West Lok Sabha seat, however, tensions within the MVA are likely to rise as Uddhav Thackeray declared the candidate on the seat from his party even though the MVA has yet not officially declared any candidates in the state so far.

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  MVA confused on seat sharing, should first resolve internal rifts, says VBA's Prakash Ambedkar

  Maharashtra | March 09, 2024 16:37 IST

  Maharashtra has a total of 48 Lok Sabha seats and is the second state after Uttar Pradesh to have the maximum number of parliamentary seats. Lok Sabha elections are due to be held in April-May.

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  Uddhav Thackeray makes 'offer' to Gadkari, asks him to join MVA instead of 'bowing before Delhi'

  India | March 08, 2024 22:00 IST

  Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, suggested that Union Minister Nitin Gadkari would likely be featured prominently in the BJP's second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections once the ruling alliance in the state finalizes its seat-sharing agreement.

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  Sanjay Raut accuses BJP supporters of beating up MVA women workers, alleges eggs, stones hurled

  Maharashtra | February 10, 2024 8:55 IST

  Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut shared a post on social media blaming BJP and alleged that goons of the saffron party beat up MVA women workers.

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  Maharashtra: Samajwadi Party may not get any seats to contest in Lok Sabha polls, say sources

  Maharashtra | January 31, 2024 14:51 IST

  Lok Sabha elections are due to held in April-May this year. Ahead of the polls, opposition parties have formed a bloc named I.N.D.I.A to take on the BJP-NDA government.

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  Maharashtra: Will join MVA in next meeting, says VBA's Prakash Ambedkar after skipping Oppn's meet

  Maharashtra | January 30, 2024 21:27 IST

  Earlier, a letter signed by Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole, Jayant Patil of the NCP’s Sharad Pawar faction and Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut was sent to Ambedkar, requesting him to depute senior leaders from the VBA to join the seat-sharing talks.

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  Prakash Ambedkar shakes up Maha Vikas Aghadi; rebukes Congress leadership

  Maharashtra | January 25, 2024 16:15 IST

  Maharashtra: Prakash Ambedkar, the national president of Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA), criticized Congress leader Nana Patole sharply in a written letter, accusing Congress of playing mind games or having a 'locha' (issue) in their decision-making.

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  MVA leaders meet Mumbai police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar ahead of I.N.D.I.A alliance meeting

  Maharashtra | August 23, 2023 9:21 IST

  I.N.D.I.A alliance meeting: The I.N.D.I.A bloc’s first meeting was held in Patna in the month of June and the second meeting was held in Bengaluru last month.

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  Ajit Pawar offered a place in Modi Cabinet or Niti Aayog to Sharad Pawar, claim reports

  Maharashtra | August 16, 2023 13:59 IST

  The `secret' meeting in Pune last week between Ajit Pawar, who split the NCP and joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena-BJP government in July, created a buzz. Sharad Pawar is still a member of the MVA alliance which includes the Sena (UBT) and Congress.

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  "Got an offer to topple Maha Vikas Aghadi government but...", claims NCP's Anil Deshmukh

  Maharashtra | May 24, 2023 18:14 IST

  Anil Deshmukh said that the purported proposal had come over two years ago, and also when he was jailed for alleged corruption charges.

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  Ajit Pawar: What went wrong with his alleged NCP coup 2.0 plan

  India | April 20, 2023 15:43 IST

  Ajit Pawar and BJP allegedly planned 'Operation Lotus' against NCP. Junior Pawar made an attempt to do a Eknath Shinde within his party. Before it would have created 'Uddhav Thackeray vs Eknath Shinde-like political drama in NCP, Thackeray alerted Sharad Pawar which punctured Ajit's alleged plot.

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  Was witness to MVA's conspiracy to arrest Devendra Fadnavis, says Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde

  Maharashtra | February 27, 2023 0:20 IST

  I was a witness to the ongoing planning of the MVA government to arrest then leader of opposition Devendra Fadnavis and Girish Mahajan, said Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde.

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  Uddhav Thackeray 'fell at Sharad Pawar's feet' to become chief minister: Amit Shah in Maharashtra

  Maharashtra | February 20, 2023 6:33 IST

  Uddhav Thackeray had joined hands with NCP and Congress in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVH) alliance after parting away with the BJP and formed the government in Maharashtra after 2019 assembly elections.

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  Mumbai to witness Oppn MVA's march against Eknath Shinde govt and ruling BJP's counter-protest

  India | December 17, 2022 10:40 IST

  While granting permission, the police also asked the leaders of all political parties not to make provocative speeches during the march or use posters, placards or banners that may hurt the sentiments of any person, the official added.

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  Sharad Pawar hits out at BJP govt, says 'will never surrender before rulers in Delhi'

  India | September 12, 2022 13:27 IST

  Opposition leaders cutting across party lines are under the scanner of central agencies. While the govt claims they are being investigated for alleged irregularities committed by them, the opposition has termed the actions political vendetta.