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Mahayuti, MVA file council poll nominations amid rebellion, seat-sharing tensions
June 02, 2026 8:00 am
Multiple constituencies saw rebel candidates and competing claims within both alliances, exposing unease over seat-sharing arrangements.
Shinde seeks bigger MLC share in meeting with Amit Shah amid Mahayuti tensions
May 26, 2026 1:54 pm
The Maharashtra unit of the BJP has made it clear that seat distribution should be based on each alliance partner’s numerical strength in the Assembly.
MLC polls: Shiv Sena (UBT) fields Ambadas Danve, not Uddhav Thackeray, raising questions over MVA unity
April 29, 2026 5:11 pm
Congress leaders have indicated that if the Shiv Sena (UBT) fields a candidate other than Uddhav Thackeray, the party will put up its own nominee.
Madhavi Naik, Pradnya Satav and Rajendra Phadke on BJP list for Maharashtra Legislative Council polls
April 27, 2026 6:02 pm
While nine Legislative Council seats are due for biennial elections, the 10th seat will witness a bypoll to the Upper House.
Maharashtra MLC elections: Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress in race for MVA’s only winnable seat
April 22, 2026 4:54 pm
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray’s current term in the Maharashtra Legislative Council is ending, and party leaders are keen that he return to the legislature.
ECI announces May 12 Maharashtra Council polls as 9 MLCs, including Uddhav, to retire
April 16, 2026 8:31 pm
Out of these 9 MLCs, four are from the BJP and one each from the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), Shiv Sena, NCP, and the NCP-SP.
Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill: Bill passed by Council amid concerns by Opp, ruling MLCs
March 18, 2026 1:55 am
The government has said the Bill seeks to prohibit unlawful religious conversions carried out through force, coercion, allurement, misrepresentation or other fraudulent means.
Maharashtra will form task force to suggest legal amendments to rein in illegal clinics: Uday Samant
March 16, 2026 3:38 pm
BJP MLC Chitra Wagh demands in the Legislative Council that the Government publish a list of illegal nursing homes and provide a helpline for the public to make complaints.
Maharashtra budget session to begin next week without leaders of Opposition in either House
February 21, 2026 4:51 pm
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has maintained that the government has no role in recognising the Leader of the Opposition and that it is the Speaker’s and Chairman’s prerogative.
House panel recommends 5-day jail for 4 journalists for ‘defaming’ MLC
December 14, 2025 7:36 am
BJP MLC Prasad Lad, chairman of the committee, informed the Upper House on Saturday that a YouTube channel named ‘Satya Ladha’ had broadcast fabricated and false reports against Mitkari to tarnish his public image.
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