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
The doctor who attended Cyrus Mistry after he was brought to a government hospital in Kasa following a road accident on September 04, said that the former Tata Sons chairman had received a head injury when his car rammed into the divider and he was “brought dead” to the hospital. “Two people including Cyrus Mistry were brought dead here. Cyrus had a head injury and there was internal bleeding. In the initial stages, it looks like an accidental death. Further details can be known after the police investigation,” he said. Following the tragic demise of the business tycoon, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ordered a detailed probe into the matter on September 04. Cyrus Mistry died in a car accident while he was en route from Ahmedabad to Mumbai. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also offered condolences to the late business tycoon. #cyrusmistry #news #tata #tatasons #pmmodi #devendrafadnavis
05 September,2022 08:02 PM IST | Mumbai
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray paid floral tributes to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on his 131st birth anniversary at 'Chatiyabhoomi' in central Mumbai. Chaityabhoomi at Shivaji Park is the memorial of Ambedkar, a key architect of India's Constitution. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, State Tourism and Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray, Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, BMC chief Iqbal Chahal, Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil, Maharashtra Congress Chief Nana Patole and many others were present with the chief minister on the occasion. Ambedkar followers also visited the venue and paid their respects.
14 April,2022 08:40 PM IST | MumbaiADVERTISEMENT
