Mumbai Confidential: Damp Squib

After losing Lok Sabha polls from Chandrapur constituency, senior BJP minister Sudhir Mungantiwar is leaving nothing to chance to safeguard his sitting Assembly seat Ballarpur.

Contesting Assembly polls has been a cakewalk for the five-term MLA so far, however, after he lost in the 2024 Lok Sabha from Chandrapur, insiders say, “Mungantiwar is devoting maximum time in Ballarpur to address the constituency issues with Assembly polls in sight.”

Awaiting Action
State government’s General Administration Department has received a a report against a young IAS official — at present posted in western Maharashtra — over his alleged irregularities while on his first assignment as an IAS officer.

A strongly worded report has testimonies from his then subordinates in the Tribal Welfare department.

Tough Time At NCP

Ajit Pawar led NCP’s spokespersons are having a tough time. First, chief spokesperson Umesh Patil found himself at the receiving end after he opposed his own party’s local strongman in Solapur, Rajan Patil.

Now, Konkan’s Ajit Yashwantrao has openly expressed displeasure over ally Shiv Sena’s leader and minister Uday Samant, alleging that he was purposely keeping allies away from government programmes.