A day after the National Democratic Alliance formed the government, Shrirang Barne, an MP of Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde from Maval, expressed his displeasure over the party not getting a cabinet berth and alleged partiality. We have seven seats and expected that BJP will give us one cabinet minister and one minister of state, said Shrirang Barne. “Even …
Barely 24 hours after the swearing-in of the National Democratic Alliance’s new Council of Ministers under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, discordant notes were sounded on June 10 by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mahayuti allies — the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party — whose leaders expressed disappointment at their parties not getting Cabinet berths while …
With the exception of the Pune Lok Sabha seat, three other seats in the district including Baramati, Shirur and Maval saw incumbent MPs retain their seats in the 2024 general elections. In Shirur, despite a strong challenge from Ajit Pawar and the Bharatiya Janata Party, voters elected sitting MP Amol Kolhe for the second consecutive time. I thank all those …
In 2010, a Marathi film called Zenda was released and became a hit. While the film was largely inspired by Raj Thackeray’s exit from the Shiv Sena in 2005 and his subsequent formation of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, the plot and subplots of the film — confused workers, dirty allegations and counter allegations from leaders and the plight of the n …
