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Aaditya Thackeray For Maharashtra Chief Minister? Hints From Shiv Sena

India News | Written by Purva Chitnis | Thursday June 13, 2019

The BJP's cantankerous ally, Shiv Sena, has indicated that it would pitch Aaditya Thackeray, the son of party chief Uddhav Thackeray, as the Chief Ministerial candidate in the Maharashtra assembly elections that would be held later this year.

"Devendra Fadnavis Asking Congress Lawmakers To Join BJP": Ashok Chavan

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 7, 2019

Maharashtra Congress president Ashok Chavan Friday accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of personally calling up Congress's assembly lawmakers and asking them to join the BJP.

"Want To Win Polls? Campaign Like The RSS": Sharad Pawar To Party Workers

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday June 6, 2019

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar today cited the political practice of approaching the public just before the polls as the reason for their humiliating drubbing by the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, and exhorted party workers to take a page or two out of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's book while canvassing for votes.

BJP, Shiv Sena To Fight Maharashtra Polls In 135 Seats Each: Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday June 2, 2019

Saffron allies BJP and Shiv Sena will share equal number of seats in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections, a senior BJP leader has said.

Elections 2019: Shiv Sena Lawmakers To Take Oath In Marathi

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

Newly-elected members of parliament of the Shiv Sena will take oath of the 17th Lok Sabha in Marathi, a party leader has said.

Election 2019: Lok Sabha Results To Draw Battle Lines Ahead Of Maharashtra State Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2019

Election: The results of the Lok Sabha election, which will decide the fate of four Union ministers and two Congress stalwarts from Maharashtra, is likely to impact the political situation in the state, which will go to polls few months later.

Election 2019-Maharashtra: Polling In 17 Seats In Fourth Phase On Monday

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 28, 2019

Union minister Subhash Bhamre and Congress leaders Milind Deora and Urmila Matondkar are among the 323 candidates whose fate would be decided in the fourth and final phase of polling in Maharashtra across 17 Lok Sabha seats on Monday.

Congress' Vikhe Patil To Speak Out On Campaigning For Son Who Joined BJP

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 18, 2019

Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, facing heat for campaigning -- despite being a Congressman -- for his son who is a BJP candidate, will reveal his plans on April 21, sources said Wednesday.

Maharashtra Clears 16% Reservation For Marathas: All You Need To Know

India News | Edited by Jayanth Jacob | Thursday November 29, 2018

The Maharashtra assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a legislation giving 16 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for the Maratha community, who constitute 30 per cent population. The law is the latest case of a politically-dominant community in a state getting the benefits of quota.

Maharashtra Approves 16 Per Cent Quota For Marathas In Education, Jobs

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 29, 2018

Maharashtra Assembly today unanimously passed a bill proposing 16 per cent reservation for Marathas under socially and educationally backward category. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who tabled the Bill, thanked Opposition members for helping in passage of the Bill unanimously.

Will Provide Reservation "Over And Above Existing 52%": Devendra Fadnavis

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 27, 2018

The Maharashtra government will table the 'Action Taken Report' or ATR in the state assembly on the State Backward Class Commission's recommendations for Maratha quota, before introducing a bill to make a provision for the reservation, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Tuesday.

Maharashtra Assembly Adjourned Twice Over Maratha Quota Issue

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 27, 2018

The Congress and NCP leaders were holding a meeting in the legislature party office of the Congress to decide their future course of action.

Congress Demands Maratha Quota Issue Report Be Tabled In State Assembly

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 21, 2018

The opposition Congress in Maharashtra yesterday demanded that the State Backward Class Commission's report on Maratha quota issue be immediately tabled in the state Assembly.

BJP, Shiv Sena May Not Come Together For Assembly Polls: Sharad Pawar

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 13, 2018

NCP chief Sharad Pawar has predicted that the BJP and the Shiv Sena may come together for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, but not for the Assembly polls in Maharashtra. He also ruled out the possibility of the two elections being held simultaneously and said the "situation has changed".

BJP Lawmaker Meets Rahul Gandhi, Quits Over 'Corruption' In Rafale Deal

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 4, 2018

A day after he met Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Wardha, BJP lawmaker Ashish Deshmukh on Wednesday resigned from the Maharashtra Assembly, citing alleged corruption in the Rafale deal as the reason.