Speculations are in full swing a day after MLC elections in Maharashtra when Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde and around 35 party MLAs suddenly decided to camp in Gujarat's Surat. The question here is whether the MVA government will survive this crisis or not.
As Sena struggled to quell the unrest, party MP Sanjay Raut claimed that contact has been established with Shinde, who he described as a “loyal Shiv Sainik of Balasaheb Thackeray”.
The Congress has been reaching out to other opposition parties for a common candidate for the presidential polls.
"If you see the votes polled by every candidate of NCP, Shiv Sena and Congress, they received the votes as per the quota. Only Praful Patel received one extra vote and I know from where it came. That was not MVA's vote, it was from the opposite side," Pawar told media.
Bombay HC said it didn't wish to set a wrong precedent by entertaining Nawab Malik's plea and permitted his counsel to amend the plea to seek appropriate relief.
Anil Deshmukh is currently in judicial custody in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). He is lodged in the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai.
Both NCP and Congress are constituents in the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government which completed two-and-a-half years in power only last month.
The BJP leader later approached the Pune police alleging that some 20 NCP workers attacked him in his office. He said he was a tax consultant as well and had written a social media post on Friday for which he was asked to apologize by party MP Girish Bapat.
In a veiled attack on the JP Nadda-led party, NCP spokesperson Clyde Crasto also sarcastically said it needs to be seen who will be blamed for the same and what will be the new diversion to hide this "failure".
Also, his judicial custody has been extended till May 6 in the case involving Dawood Ibrahim.
On Friday evening, the police had arrested 103 persons, including advocate Gunaratna Sadavarte, who claims to represent the striking employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), he said.
Sharad Pawar was closeted with PM Narendra Modi at the Prime Minister's Office in Parliament for nearly 20 minutes.
Sharad Pawar said that he will support and extend all possible help to bring the Opposition together to put up a strong fight against the BJP.
Speaking at a rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Saturday, Raj Thackeray had criticised Sharad Pawar, accusing him of "playing the caste card from time to time and dividing society.”
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut had earlier said that action taken by Central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate in Maharashtra was an attack on the state Home department which needs to be strengthened.
NCP noted that prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinder are increasing everyday, while unemployment has become a matter of concern.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi is an alliance of three parties -- NCP, Shiv Sena and Congress. Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray heads the alliance.
NCP had earlier also pressed for Sharad Pawar to replace Sonia Gandhi as the UPA chairperson. NCP's ally Shiv Sena too has favoured Pawar to head the alliance on many occasions.
Majeed Memon in his recent tweet praised PM Modi. Talking exclusively with India TV, he said that it was because people trusted and supported Modi, BJP won in four states.
In a tweet on Sunday he said, "If Narendra Modi wins people's mandare (mandate) and is also shown as world's most popular leader, there must be some qualities in him or good work he may have done which the opposition leaders are unable to find."
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