Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Maharashtra shared the dais with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar recently at an event in Maharashtra's Pune. While taking a dig at NCP, Shah said that Ajit Pawar is at the “right place” now however it took a long time for him to achieve this position. “Ajit Dada (Pawar) has come for the first time after becoming the Deputy CM and I am sharing the stage with him, I want to tell him that after a long time, you are sitting at the right place. This was the right place but you took too long to come,” said Amit Shah.
06 August,2023 05:33 PM IST
At Nitin Desai’s funeral, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar paid their last respect to director Nitin Desai at JJ Hospital in Mumbai on August 04. Renowned art director Nitin Desai allegedly committed suicide at his own ND Studio in Karjat on Wednesday morning. According to police sources, Desai hanged himself at his studio. Khalapur cops are investigating the matter. He was 58.
04 August,2023 12:55 PM IST
Amidst the simmering Maharashtra's NCP crisis, a war of words has ensued between Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar. A few days back, Ajit Pawar attacked uncle Sharad over continuing as president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) despite being 83 while referring to other political leaders. In response, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar while addressing a press conference on July 5 in Mumbai, attacked Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister’s remarks over taking retirement from politics and said that he is still effective, whether he 82 or 92.
07 July,2023 03:35 PM IST
Nationalist Congress Party working president Supriya Sule on Wednesday hit back at Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar for taking a dig at her father and party veteran Sharad Pawar over his age. 'Disrespect us, but not our father (Sharad Pawar). This fight is against the Bharatiya Janata Party government. The BJP is the most corrupt party in the country,” Sule said in Mumbai.
05 July,2023 05:40 PM IST | Mumbai
A day after Ajit Pawar led a rebellion in the Nationalist Congress Party and joined the Maharashtra ruling coalition, the NCP vs NCP battle is underway at full steam. The history of Maharashtra politics repeated itself after three years on Sunday when Ajit Pawar took an oath as the deputy chief minister again. After a brief stint as Maharashtra's deputy chief minister in 2019 under a BJP government, NCP leader Ajit Pawar is back to the post by splitting the party, in a stunning turn of events in the state politics. On Sunday, Ajit Pawar went in for action replay but this time with the support of over 40 of the NCP’s 53 MLAs. Take a look at the NCP leader's political journey which started in 1982.
04 July,2023 06:17 PM IST | Mumbai
Amid political turmoil in Maharashtra, newly-appointed deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar will inaugurate a new NCP office in front of Maharashtra Mantralaya in Mumbai. With the backing of at least 40 MLAs, the political coup in Maharashtra has turned the tables as NCP leader Ajit Pawar took oath as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister. Eight other party legislators also joined the National Democratic Alliance government in the state. Hours after Ajit Pawar and some other Nationalist Congress Party leaders joined the Maharashtra government, party chief Sharad Pawar said, “This is not ‘googly’, it is a ‘robbery’ and that he was worried about the future of those who left the party.
04 July,2023 01:03 PM IST | Mumbai
Amid speculations of rift in the Nationalist Congress Party, Ajit Pawar, along with eight leaders of the NCP took the oath of office on Sunday. A disgruntled Ajit Pawar made the latest move four years after he tried to divide the Nationalist Congress Party as he once again took oath as the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, a post he will share with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis. This came after he held an urgent meeting with NCP MLAs earlier in the day and, according to sources, at least 30-40 of the party’s legislators were in attendance. Among those who switched sides along with Ajit Pawar are Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde, Aatram Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao, Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Baburao Bansode, and Anil Bhaidas Patil.
03 July,2023 01:39 PM IST | Mumbai
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Jayant Patil during a press conference in Mumbai informed media that his party has filed a disqualification petition against the 9 defected leaders in the Maharashtra legislative assembly. Meanwhile, NCP working president Supriya Sule said that Ajit Pawar joining the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis Maharashtra Government is "painful" but her relationship with him would remain the same. "My relationship with Ajit Pawar will not change, he will always remain my elder brother. We will rebuild the party," said NCP MP Supriya Sule.
03 July,2023 11:05 AM IST | Mumbai
Amid the ongoing Maharashtra political crisis, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut and other political leaders have come forward to express their views on the big political move by Ajit Pawar. On 2nd July, Ajit Pawar took oath as Maharashtra’s Deputy CM joining the Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra. He will be sharing the post with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis. Ajit Pawar was rumoured to be unhappy about being denied the post of NCP’s state unit chief after Supriya Sule and Praful Patel were made the working presidents of the Nationalist Congress Party.
02 July,2023 06:45 PM IST
After Ajit Pawar sent shockwaves in the political world by joining the Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra as Deputy CM today, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde welcomed him and other leaders in the party and said that their experience will help strengthen Maharashtra. Ajit Pawar will be sharing the Deputy Chief Minister post with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis. Maharashtra Cabinet ministers Sudhir Mungantiwar and Deepak Kesarkar too welcomed the NCP leaders amid the ongoing Maharashtra political crisis.
02 July,2023 04:28 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
