Maharashtra News: The Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP had agreed to contest fewer seats than its Maha Vikas Aghadi allies during the Lok Sabha elections, but things would be different in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls, Pune NCP chief Prashant Jagtap quoted party supremo Sharad Pawar as saying. According to news agency PTI, Jagtap, who attended the first meeting, …
The Maharashtra council polls for 10 seats resulted in a nail-biting finish with Bharatiya Janata Party yet again trumping over tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi - after the Rajya Sabha polls - by winning five out of ten seats. This is the second victory of the BJP – led by former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in 10 days, with first being …
Even as the BJP-backed independent, Sadabhau Khot, withdrew from the June 20 Maharashtra Council polls, the party on Monday said it would contest with five candidates, paving way for yet another fight after the Rajya Sabha polls. When asked about the reason to withdraw the sixth candidate, he said that after discussions, our State president Chandrakant Patil took the decision …
Newly-elected Mumbai Congress chief Ashok alias Bhai Jagtap on Sunday suggested that the party contest all the 227 seats in the crucial 2022 elections to the Mumbai civic body. When asked about his priorities as the president of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee, Jagtap said the Congress' tally had decreased in previous polls and he would try to unite all …