Eighteen ministers, nine from the rebel Sena camp and nine from BJP, take oath of office.
Tue, Aug 09, 2022For a sizeable haul out of the 48 Lok Sabha seats from the state too, the BJP had earlier banked on its estranged ally, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena, which is now its arch rival.
Tue, Aug 09, 2022The controversy triggered by Governor B S Koshyari's statement has rekindled an old debate on a sensitive issue that is rooted in the origin story and political cross-currents of Maharashtra
Thu, Aug 04, 2022The BJP’s move sharply underlined the point that the party — which also rules the Centre that appointed Koshyari to the Mumbai Raj Bhavan — cannot afford to incur the wrath of the “Marathi manoos (people)” whose sentiments might have been bruised by the Governor’s remarks.
Mon, Aug 01, 2022Party says it is taking it slow as this strategy has worked for it in other states and it does not want to jeopardise the Shinde-Fadnavis government by rubbing ministerial aspirants the wrong way.
Sat, Jul 30, 2022With the number of aspirants outnumbering the ministerial berths available, the BJP central leadership has adopted a wait and watch policy to allow the unrest within the Shinde faction to get diffused first, said party insiders.
Fri, Jul 29, 2022With 23 of the 36 districts in Maharashtra being hit by heavy rains and floods, officials are concerned about the possibility of crop loss and the impact it will have on the state’s farmers
Thu, Jul 28, 2022BJP underplays Chandrakant Patil's statement that 'it was with a heavy heart that we made Shinde CM'.
Mon, Jul 25, 2022OBCs comprise chunk of BJP vote base; Shinde, Fadnavis moved fast to meet SC deadline.
Thu, Jul 21, 2022Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday met a group of north Indians. But most north Indians are BJP voters and the Shiv Sena does not have a prominent face to represent people from the region.
Wed, Jul 20, 2022Coop network helps Cong, NCP retain support in local bodies; Fadnavis says direct election will help transparency.
Wed, Jul 20, 2022BJP insiders maintain that Uddhav Thackeray's decision to support Murmu's candidature was out of “political compulsion”.
Sun, Jul 17, 2022The senior BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, said, "Due to erratic power supply farmers in several rural areas are forced to take to fields late night. It goes against nature and causes a lot of hardship to farmers."
Thu, Jul 14, 2022With the project turning into a prestige battle between BJP, Sena, MVA govt had removed Bhide as Metro chief
Wed, Jul 13, 2022Through his decision on Droupadi Murmu, Uddhav Thackeray would want to subtly convey that the Sena-BJP relationship is still an open-ended affair.
Wed, Jul 13, 2022Sharad Pawar on Sunday said he wants the MVA to contest 2024 polls together. But, given the changed power equations, seat sharing will not be easy.
Tue, Jul 12, 2022Major parties such as BJP, Congress and NCP want polls to be held with reservation for OBCs
Mon, Jul 11, 2022Launched when Fadnavis was CM in 2014, Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan had run into trouble during MVA government
Mon, Jul 11, 2022Terming his move to rebel against Thackeray as a “revolution”, CM Shinde told reporters, “The existence of our MLAs came under threat under the MVA government... It is only the natural alliance of the BJP and the Shiv Sena that can take Maharashtra ahead.”
Sun, Jul 10, 2022An OBC leader as chief, the BJP feels, will balance out the fact that Shinde is a Maratha. The party also expects it to give it an edge considering the fact that the MVA government is on the backfoot over the issue of OBC reservation in local bodies.
Fri, Jul 08, 2022With the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP as the senior partner in the alliance, the Cabinet expansion is set to be a formidable exercise, given the legion of aspirants in both the breakaway Sena and the much-larger saffron camp.
Fri, Jul 08, 2022Three persons, including a minor, sustained injuries in a landslide at Chunabhatti. According to BMC, the incident took place at Nagoba chowk in Gorakhnath Mandal's Narayan Hadke chawl around 10.28 am when a part of the hill collapsed on a ground-plus one chawl.
Thu, Jul 07, 2022Shiv Sena Lok Sabha MP Rahul Shewale wrote to Uddhav on Tuesday night asking him to tell party MPs to support Murmu, considering her tribal roots and contribution to the social sector.
Sat, Jul 09, 2022The heavy rainfall also came as a first challenge for the newly elected BJP-Eknath Shinde camp alliance a day after it won the trust vote in the state legislative assembly.
Wed, Jul 06, 2022During the MVA government's 31-month tenure, Ajit was said to be the de facto CM who would regularly work from the state government's Mantralay headquarters amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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