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Ajit Pawar, whose support of the BJP sparked a controversial and chaotic 80 hours in Maharashtra politics, was welcomed back to the party by his nephew and MLA Rohit Pawar

NCP leader Ajit Pawar has offered party MLAs ministerial posts if they switch sides and support the BJP, a group of them said at a meeting in a Mumbai hotel on Sundayevening. Around 50 NCP MLAs, stashed away at the Renaissance Hotel in the city to guard them from poaching attempts, told party chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray...

Swift political developments in Maharashtra - with the stunning return of the BJP to power in the state - have prompted the Shiv Sena, Sharad Pawar's party and the Congress to move their MLAs to different hotels. The MLAs have been sequestered in an attempt to protect them from poaching.

Congratulating Devendra Fadnavis on becoming the chief minister of Maharashtra once again, Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said the Shiv Sena betrayed the people of the state by deciding to go with the Congress, which is "synonymous with corruption".

NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik on Saturday said the government formed by the BJP and Ajit Pawar will fail to prove its majority in the Assembly. "This government has been formed with betrayal and will fail to prove majority on the floor of the House. All the MLAs are with us," Nawab Malik said.

After Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar took oath as Maharashtra chief minister and deputy chief minister respectively, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi was all praises for Home Minister Amit Shah, asserting that the latter has once again proved he is the real ''Chanakya'' of Indian politics.

Devendra Fadnavis's second term as Maharashtra Chief Minister was enabled by a man he has repeatedly accused of corruption - Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)'s Ajit Pawar, the nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar. Ajit Pawar is now his deputy.

In a veiled attack at Ajit Pawar who took oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, NCP leader Nawab Malik on Saturday said that his party had taken signatures from MLAs for attendance which were later misused.

Sonia Gandhi should dissolve the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and Rahul Gandhi should get over his disappointment and return to decision-making in the party, Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam said after a massive twist this morning in which the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath with a deputy, Ajit Pawar of the NCP, which had been collaborating wit...

BJP's Maharashtra unit chief Chandrakant Patil on Saturday said that his party was compelled to form the government in the state since its ally Shiv Sena betrayed the mandate.

NCP leader Praful Patel on Saturday said that newly sworn-in Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar going with BJP is not NCP's decision as party supremo Sharad Pawar does not extend any support to it.

In an early morning twist of events, the rug was pulled from under Uddhav Thackeray and the Shiv Sena's feet when The Bharatiya Janata Party along with Sharad Pawar's party NCP formed the government in Maharashtra. Devendra Fadnavis has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, while NCP's Ajit Pawar took oath as his deputy.

A day after ending its 25-year-old alliance with the Shiv Sena, the BJP today ruled out a post-poll tie-up with the Sharad Pawar-led NCP after the October 15 Maharashtra Assembly elections.

NCP today rubbished reports that it was cosying up to BJP ahead of formation of the next government, a day after its senior leader Praful Patel's "stable" government remark triggered speculation of a BJP-NCP pact.

Ajit Pawar, whose support of the BJP sparked a controversial and chaotic 80 hours in Maharashtra politics, was welcomed back to the party by his nephew and MLA Rohit Pawar

NCP leader Ajit Pawar has offered party MLAs ministerial posts if they switch sides and support the BJP, a group of them said at a meeting in a Mumbai hotel on Sundayevening. Around 50 NCP MLAs, stashed away at the Renaissance Hotel in the city to guard them from poaching attempts, told party chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray...

Swift political developments in Maharashtra - with the stunning return of the BJP to power in the state - have prompted the Shiv Sena, Sharad Pawar's party and the Congress to move their MLAs to different hotels. The MLAs have been sequestered in an attempt to protect them from poaching.

Congratulating Devendra Fadnavis on becoming the chief minister of Maharashtra once again, Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said the Shiv Sena betrayed the people of the state by deciding to go with the Congress, which is "synonymous with corruption".

NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik on Saturday said the government formed by the BJP and Ajit Pawar will fail to prove its majority in the Assembly. "This government has been formed with betrayal and will fail to prove majority on the floor of the House. All the MLAs are with us," Nawab Malik said.

After Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar took oath as Maharashtra chief minister and deputy chief minister respectively, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi was all praises for Home Minister Amit Shah, asserting that the latter has once again proved he is the real ''Chanakya'' of Indian politics.

Devendra Fadnavis's second term as Maharashtra Chief Minister was enabled by a man he has repeatedly accused of corruption - Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)'s Ajit Pawar, the nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar. Ajit Pawar is now his deputy.

In a veiled attack at Ajit Pawar who took oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, NCP leader Nawab Malik on Saturday said that his party had taken signatures from MLAs for attendance which were later misused.

Sonia Gandhi should dissolve the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and Rahul Gandhi should get over his disappointment and return to decision-making in the party, Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam said after a massive twist this morning in which the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath with a deputy, Ajit Pawar of the NCP, which had been collaborating wit...

BJP's Maharashtra unit chief Chandrakant Patil on Saturday said that his party was compelled to form the government in the state since its ally Shiv Sena betrayed the mandate.

NCP leader Praful Patel on Saturday said that newly sworn-in Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar going with BJP is not NCP's decision as party supremo Sharad Pawar does not extend any support to it.

In an early morning twist of events, the rug was pulled from under Uddhav Thackeray and the Shiv Sena's feet when The Bharatiya Janata Party along with Sharad Pawar's party NCP formed the government in Maharashtra. Devendra Fadnavis has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, while NCP's Ajit Pawar took oath as his deputy.

A day after ending its 25-year-old alliance with the Shiv Sena, the BJP today ruled out a post-poll tie-up with the Sharad Pawar-led NCP after the October 15 Maharashtra Assembly elections.

NCP today rubbished reports that it was cosying up to BJP ahead of formation of the next government, a day after its senior leader Praful Patel's "stable" government remark triggered speculation of a BJP-NCP pact.