At the time of writing, the maha-mayhem in Maharashtra continues, with more twists and turns than on the treacherous Khandala Ghats. Sharad Pawar couldn’t have picked a better occasion or platform to announce his resignation as the supreme boss of the Nationalist Congress Party, which he formed in a fit of pique, back in 1999. There’s Ajit Pawar, an impatient …
Baramati: Back in 2019, when Ajit Anantrao Pawar attempted an early-morning unsuccessful coup by joining hands with the BJP, voters from his constituency were initially baffled. “Ajit Dada is our leader and we are solidly with him, whichever way he chooses to go,” said Tarabai Pawar, whose husband runs an eatery on the Baramati-Saswad road. “If Saheb brought industries here …
After the great expectations of the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party to woo ‘Dada’ failed and proved to be a difficult catch, the party has turned to “Mithun da’ and pinned its hope on the veteran actor to attract Bengal voters. The list has names of State BJP president Sukanta Majumdar, Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, …
"In all the posts I hold, I have been elected, not selected or nominated," said the then minister at the rally, adding that there are certain things he cannot say while he's still an active member of a political party. On 10 November, Suvendu Adhikari held a similar "independent" rally in Nandigram on the occasion of Nandigram Dibas, an annual …