Lok Sabha election | Ajit Pawar’s NCP cuts ‘Gordian knot’ over Nashik after Bhujbal opts out of fray
8 months ago

Lok Sabha election | Ajit Pawar’s NCP cuts ‘Gordian knot’ over Nashik after Bhujbal opts out of fray

The Hindu  

After weeks of discord among the ruling Mahayuti partners over the Nashik Lok Sabha seat in north Maharashtra, cabinet Minister and senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Friday announced that he was withdrawing from the electoral fray as the delay in announcing a candidate for the seat was affecting the prospects of the ruling coalition. Mr. Bhujbal’s cutting of the Gordian knot over Nashik paves the way for the seat to be claimed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s ruling Shiv Sena faction, which currently holds the seat in form of two-term MP Hemant Godse, who has been eagerly gunning for a ticket to contest a third time. After the tussle between the ruling BJP and CM Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction over the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha seat, Nashik was arguably the thorniest constituency in seat-sharing parleys between the Mahayuti allies, with both the Shinde Sena and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s NCP laying claim to it. Thanking Mr. Bhujbal for stepping back, a relieved Mr. Godse said, “Central leaders were insisting that Mr. Chhagan Bhujbal contest the Lok Sabha from Nashik.

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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New Indian Express  

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New Indian Express  

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Shivajinagar seat: Congress keen to recover lost ground amid BJP’s attempts to retain it

Hindustan Times  

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ajit Pawar ‘reveals’ Mahayuti’s seat sharing arrangement for Assembly polls

Deccan Chronicle  

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Shiv Sena lawmakers insist Shinde not to accept less than 100 Assembly seats
5 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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BJP's poor Lok Sabha polls show due to alliance with Ajit Pawar's NCP? RSS-linked weekly says…
5 months ago

BJP's poor Lok Sabha polls show due to alliance with Ajit Pawar's NCP? RSS-linked weekly says…

Hindustan Times  

A Marathi weekly affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has said that voter sentiments in Maharashtra turned against the Bharatiya Janata Party following its alliance with the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party, resulting in bad performance of the saffron party. Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde with deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP and NCP chief Ajit Pawar As per …

Trinamool, BJP to face off in bypolls to four Assembly seats in West Bengal
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Trinamool, BJP to face off in bypolls to four Assembly seats in West Bengal

The Hindu  

A month after the Lok Sabha election, the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party are set for an electoral face off in the bypolls to four Assembly seats in West Bengal, scheduled for July 10. BJP candidates bagged the other three seats in 2021 but later, MLAs Krishna Kalyani from Raiganj, Biswajit Das from Bagdah and Mukut Mani Adhikari from …

Ex-BSP MP Haji Fazlur Rehman joins SP
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-BSP MP Haji Fazlur Rehman joins SP

Hindustan Times  

Former Bahujan Samaj Party MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur Haji Fazlur Rehman joined the Samajwadi Party at a programme organised in the SP state unit office on Thursday. SP president Akhilesh Yadav inducting former BSP MP Haji Fazlur Rehman into the party fold in Lucknow on July 4. Welcoming Rehman into the SP fold, party’s national president Akhilesh Yadav said …

Ahead of Assembly election, schisms between alliance cadres roil ruling Mahayuti coalition
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ahead of Assembly election, schisms between alliance cadres roil ruling Mahayuti coalition

The Hindu  

For all its professions of unity, deep rifts within the ruling Mahayuti coalition comprising the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party are coming to the fore at the cadre level following the alliance’s rout in the Lok Sabha election. A viral audio clip in which the Beed district chief of Maharashtra …

BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab appointed Lok Sabha pro-tem Speaker
6 months ago

BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab appointed Lok Sabha pro-tem Speaker

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and lawmaker Bhartruhari Mahtab from Odisha, who won the recently concluded Lok Sabha election for the seventh time, was on Wednesday appointed as the pro-tem Speaker by the President of India. BJP MP from Odisha Bhartruhari Mahtab President Droupadi Murmu appoints BJP's Bhartruhari Mahtab as Lok Sabha protem speaker Taking to X, parliamentary …

Congress plans strategy meetings for poll-bound States of Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and J&K next week
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Congress plans strategy meetings for poll-bound States of Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and J&K next week

The Hindu  

Buoyed by the Lok Sabha results, the Congress on June 18 announced a series of strategy meetings for Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir where Assembly polls are expected later this year. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi would be meeting leaders from Jharkhand on June 24 to discuss the party’s election preparedness in the …

‘I wish to become MP’: Is Chhagan Bhujbal upset? What NCP leader says as party nominates Sunetra Pawar for RS polls
6 months, 1 week ago

‘I wish to become MP’: Is Chhagan Bhujbal upset? What NCP leader says as party nominates Sunetra Pawar for RS polls

Live Mint  

Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal has expressed his desire to become an MP. Following reports of NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal feeling sidelined due to the party's choice of Sunetra Pawar as a Rajya Sabha candidate, Bhujbal expressed his aspiration to become a Member of Parliament on Friday. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} Bhujbal also said there were 13 contenders for the Rajya …

Rahul Gandhi to relinquish Wayanad Lok Sabha seat? Kerala's Cong unit chief drops hint
6 months, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi to relinquish Wayanad Lok Sabha seat? Kerala's Cong unit chief drops hint

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was elected from two seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections -Wayanad in Kerala and Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh. Now, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee chief K Sudhakaran has dropped a big hint indicating that Gandhi will likely relinquish the Wayanad seat. While addressing a public meeting on Wednesday, Sudhakaran indicated that Rahul Gandhi might retain the …

BJP leader's advice to Uddhav Thackeray after Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Lok Sabha election performance
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BJP leader's advice to Uddhav Thackeray after Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Lok Sabha election performance

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil on Tuesday took a jibe at Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, saying that the latter's allies Congress and Nationalist Congress Party benefitted more. The Shiv Sena contested 21 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra in an alliance with Congress and NCP, winning nine seats. Continuing his jibe at the Shiv Sena chief, Patil said,"Thackeray also earned …

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