MAHARASHTRA ELECTION

Mumbai: The Congress unit in Maharashtra is facing discontent over allocation of portfolios, with a section of leaders blaming chief Balasaheb Thorat for the party getting a ‘raw deal’ as compared to the Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the Uddhav Thackeray-led alliance...

Mumbai: Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is expected to be the biggest gainer in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra ministry. Its ministers are expected to bag some key cabinet portfolios including that of home, finance, irrigation and finance. Sources said that Sharad Pawar has worked...

Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Prakash Solanke, who was miffed at not being inducted into the Maharashtra council of ministers, said Tuesday he would not resign from the party. Solanke, who represents Majalgaon seat in Beed district, had earlier said Monday that he would...

Mumbai: Congress MLA Nana Patole is the party’s candidate for the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker’s election, while the BJP Saturday named Kisan Kathore as its nominee. Election for the post will be held Sunday. “Nana Patole will be our candidate for the Speaker’s election,” a senior...

Mumbai: Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil Saturday said the swearing-in of the Uddhav Thackeray ministry is illegal as it went beyond prescribed format. Ministers while taking oath included names of their leaders and other figures which is not as per protocol, Patil told reporters at...

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi decided to skip the swearing-in ceremony of Uddhav Thackeray as the Maharashtra chief minister and have conveyed their decision to him. Noting that the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress have...

Mumbai: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray, sworn-in Thursday as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, faces the biggest test of his life as the leader of an ideologically divergent alliance which took charge at a time of momentous political changes in the state. An...

Mumbai: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray took oath Thursday as the 18th chief minister of Maharashtra. See link https://twitter.com/i/status/1200061635001569280 Uddhav, 59, became the third Sena leader after Manohar Joshi and Narayan Rane to occupy the top post. He took over as chief minister over a...

Mumbai: With Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray set to be sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister, Thursday, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule turned emotional and said the Sena chief’s father late Bal Thackeray and mother Meenatai Thackeray should have been around this day....

Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will get deputy chief minister’s post in the Maharashtra government, the party’s leader Praful Patel said here Wednesday night. The Congress will get Assembly Speaker’s post, while the NCP will get Deputy Speaker’s post, Patel told reporters after a...