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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Anil Deshmukh said that the purported proposal had come over two years ago, and also when he was jailed for alleged corruption charges.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BJP alleged that the beautification of 1993 Mumbai bombings convict, Yakub Memon's grave was done during the reign of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govt led by Uddhav Thackeray in Maharashtra when the state was ruled by Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance.
The previous government led by Uddhav Thackeray had two years ago recommended 12 names for nomination as MLCs, but the file was never approved by Governor B S Koshyari.
Eknath Shinde had late last month raised a banner of revolt against Shiv Sena leadership, leading to the collapse of the MVA government.
A vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and J B Pardiwala also asked Uddhav Thackeray led-Shiv Sena group how can floor test impacts the disqualification process or interfere with the powers of the speaker to conduct disqualification proceeding.
As the political tussle rages, the country is watching the unravelling saga, which may have a bearing upon the system of dynasts
Tempers continue to run high among party workers following the division within the Shiv Sena which has put in doubt the survival of the ruling MVA govt headed by CM Uddhav Thackeray in Maharashtra.
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