Ajit Pawar

Devendra Fadnavis Uses Sarcasm To Jibe Opposition Over Voting Machines

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 3, 2019

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that the state had never seen such "frustrated, desperate and directionless" opposition in its history.

Drug Peddlers Should Get Death Sentence, Says Sharad Pawar's party Leader

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 28, 2019

NCP leader Ajit Pawar today demanded capital punishment for drug peddlers and urged the Maharashtra government to make a provision for this in the existing laws.

Those Imprisoned During Emergency To Get Pension, Says Devendra Fadnavis

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 25, 2019

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said those who were imprisoned during the Emergency will be provided pension and a citation.

Ajit Pawar Says Loyal BJP, Sena Leaders Overlooked In Cabinet Expansion

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 19, 2019

NCP leader Ajit Pawar Wednesday criticised Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' move of inducting some former Congress-NCP leaders into his cabinet during its expansion, saying loyal Shiv Sena-BJP cadres were ignored during the exercise.

Opposition Leaders Stage Protest Demanding Complete Farm Loan Waiver

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 18, 2019

Opposition lawmakers in Maharashtra today staged a protest here alleging agrarian crisis in the state and made a strong pitch for complete farm loan waiver.

Sharad Pawar's Nephew Ajit Pawar Takes Blame For His Son's Poll Defeat

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 28, 2019

Senior Maharashtra NCP leader Ajit Pawar Tuesday owned up to the responsibility for his son Parth's defeat form Maval Lok Sabha constituency in the debut contest.

"Others Have Children Too": Uddhav Thackeray's Hits Out At Sharad Pawar

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 26, 2019

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said Thursday that NCP chief Sharad Pawar only thought of his family while distributing tickets for the Lok Sabha elections.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Mocked Over Rusty Marathi, Sharad Pawar's Grand-Nephew Says "Need A Year"

India News | Reported By Srinivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday April 16, 2019

Parth Pawar, the latest young debutant from a prominent political party, is campaigning with what his rivals call a huge handicap - his Marathi is not fluent enough to help him through the long speeches at rallies in largely rural areas.

Ajit Pawar Questions Uddhav Thackeray's "New-Found Love" For BJP, Amit Shah

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday March 30, 2019

NCP leader Ajit Pawar today slammed Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray who was present when BJP chief Amit Shah filed his nomination, reminding the Sena and BJP of the insults they had traded earlier

On Sharad Pawar's Party's 'Alliance With MNS' Advice, Congress's Reply

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Friday February 22, 2019

Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar's advice that Raj Thackeray's party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) must be included in the alliance, has been shot down by the Congress, saying the ideological differences with Mr Thackeray's party would render electoral tie-up unfeasible.

"I Will Contest Lok Sabha Polls, Ajit Pawar Will Not": Sharad Pawar

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 20, 2019

NCP supremo Sharad Pawar confirmed on Tuesday evening that he would contest the coming Lok Sabha election, while ruling out the possibility of Ajit Pawar or Parth Pawar entering the arena.

Maharashtra's Anti-BJP Front May Have An Unlikely Ally

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Thursday February 14, 2019

Despite divisions within prospective partners Congress and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party over the inclusion of Raj Thackeray in the anti-BJP Front in Maharashtra, Mr Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar held an hour-long meeting with the chief of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on Wednesday.

Include Raj Thackeray's MNS In Any Secular Alliance: Ajit Pawar

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday February 13, 2019

Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Tuesday called for including the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in any opposition alliance of secular forces in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Maharashtra Irrigation Scam: Anti-Corruption Body Puts Onus On Ajit Pawar

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 28, 2018

The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has informed the Bombay High Court that its probe into the alleged multi-crore irrigation scam has revealed major lapses on part of the state's former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and other government officials.

Sharad Pawar Won't Contest 2019 Elections, Says Party Leader Ajit Pawar

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Sunday October 7, 2018

Ending days of speculation, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar has said that party president Sharad Pawar will not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the media in Pune on Saturday, Mr Pawar said, the NCP supremo does not want his name "proposed from any seat."