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Opposition leaders demand Rs 3,000/quintal price for onions, demonstrate on highway in Maharashtra

Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal stated the Maha Vikas Aghadi will continue its agitation. Farmers are demanding a guaranteed price of Rs 25-30 per kg for their onion produce. The MVA organized a road blockade on the Pune-Nashik highway. They seek compensation for farmers and procurement of onion stock. Opposition…

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Gautam Adani was part of BJP-NCP talks, Ajit Pawar reveals in NL-TNM interview

Gautam Adani, the billionaire and chairman of the Adani Group, was part of political talks between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Nationalist Congress Party five years ago, Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said in an interview with Newslaundry and The News Minute. At the end of that episode, Ajit Pawar…

Newslaundry

‘Same promise for 25 years’: Locals as Adani’s Dharavi plan turns MVA’s rallying cry

The proposed Adani redevelopment project in Dharavi has become a contentious issue in Maharashtra’s high-decibel poll campaign. Amid the opposition’s allegations of the Adani Group being given preferential treatment under the NDA government, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has promised to scrap the Dharavi project and this is gradually…

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‘Decentralisation’, consolidation, ‘caretakers’: How Congress emerged as MVA dark horse in Maharashtra

When the Congress teamed up with the undivided NCP and Shiv Sena in 2019, it was seen as the weakest link in the Maha Vikas Aghadi – even alliance leaders took occasional jibes. But it has now emerged as the dark horse, increasing its tally from one to 13, scoring…

Newslaundry

Sharad Pawar’s 80% strike rate vs Ajit’s 25%: It’s clear who carries the NCP legacy

In the last two decades, Sharad Pawar has predicted poll results only twice. Once in 2004, when he said that Atal Bihari Vajpayee wouldn’t become the prime minister again. And next this year, when he forecasted around 30 Lok Sabha seats for the Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra.

Newslaundry

Offered four Lok Sabha seats to Ambedkar-led VBA; doors of MVA always open to party: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on March 16 said the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has given a proposal for four seats to Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The Hindu

People happy about Ram temple, but it does not mean they will vote for BJP: Raj Thackeray

Nashik MNS chief Raj Thackeray discusses Ram temple, Lok Sabha polls, opposition bloc, Maratha reservation, and toll collection.

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Prakash Ambedkar says Patole has no decision-making authority on invitation to join MVA

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) extended an invitation to Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) to join the Opposition alliance in Maharashtra and discussion on seat-sharing.

The Hindu

Convener, synergy, committees: Puzzles before the opposition’s Mumbai meet this week

Nearly six weeks after the opposition’s 26-party INDIA bloc was announced, the process to fine-tune its intricacies has been set in motion. The allies are meeting in Mumbai this week, hosted by the Maha Vikas Aghadi, which has the NCP, Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Congress and represents the alliance…

Newslaundry

MVA forms committees for INDIA meet in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1

The Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising the Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP and Congress has formed several committees to plan various aspects of the meeting of the Opposition bloc INDIA on August 31 and September 1 in Mumbai.

The Hindu

We will contest Lok Sabha elections under MVA banner in Maharashtra, says Congress

The Congress party has announced that it will contest the election in Maharashtra as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance

The Hindu

Congress will have no objection even if Adani goes to live in Pawar’s home, says MPCC chief Patole

Seat sharing talks in the MVA will be smooth since the primary aim was to defeat the BJP, said Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on June 1, 2023

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