One of the main contributors to the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi thrashing in Maharashtra was the "friendly fights" factor. Mahayuti Friendly Fights The ruling Mahayuti coalition, which includes the BJP, Eknath Shinde's faction of the Shiv Sena, and Ajit Pawar's NCP, competed against one another in seven constituencies: Constituency Friendly Contest Winner Mankhurd Shivajinagar Nawab Malik vs Suresh Patil Abu Azmi …
MUMBAI: The Mahayuti’s landslide victory in the 2024 assembly election not only led to a severe setback for parties in the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, but also rendered the smaller parties, who were dreaming to become kingmakers, irrelevant. The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Hitendra Thakur-led Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi as well as Prahar Janshakti, Rashtriya …
MLC Polls: Amid speculations over the possibility of cross-voting and horsetrading in the polls for the 11 Legislative Council seats scheduled for Friday in Maharashtra, Congress on Thursday held a dinner meeting at a hotel in Mumbai. Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and NCP Maharashtra unit chief Jayant Patil attended the meeting. AICC in-charge of Maharashtra Ramesh Chennithala was also …
MUMBAI: Two years after a legislative council election led to an upheaval in Maharashtra politics, with the fall of the then Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government and a split in the Shiv Sena, another election for 11 seats to the upper house of the state legislature has sparked off speculations and apprehension of cross-voting months before the assembly elections in the …
