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Senior MVA leaders to decide allocation of Lok Sabha seats: Ajit Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar said the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi — a coalition of the Congress, NCP and the Shiv Sena (UBT) — would engage in discussions regarding 25 out of Maharashtra’s 48 Lok Sabha seats, considering the Uddhav-led Sena had secured 18 seats in the 2019…

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BJP dictatorial and opportunistic, says Uddhav Thackeray

In his first media interview after a recent Supreme Court verdict which held that the Maharashtra Governor’s direction for a floor test of his government in June 2022 was illegal, the former Chief Minister said “people were shocked that an illegal government” was in power now.

The Hindu

Only ambition is a united Opposition: Sharad Pawar

NCP leader Sharad Pawar calls out the BJP for damaging secularism and centralisation of power and is confident that there is a desire among all opposition to parties to come together and take on the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024.

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MVA's LS poll seat-sharing not fixed yet, but our 19 seats will remain with us: Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on May 19 asserted that although the seat sharing formula among the Maha Vikas Aghadi partners for the next year’s Lok Sabha elections is yet to be finalised, the number of 19 seats that the Shiv Sena (undivided) won in the last election will…

The Hindu

Eknath Shinde | The chosen rebel

Shinde, who become a Sena branch head in Thane when he was just 18 in 1982, modelled his personality on Dighe.

The Hindu

Had MVA moved swiftly after Patole's resignation as Speaker, we could have dealt with disqualification of 16 MLAs: Ajit Pawar

The matter of disqualification of 16 MLAs following the upheaval in the undivided Shiv Sena last year could have been effectively dealt with had the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) moved swiftly after the resignation of Nana Patole as the Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly, said senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar on…

The Hindu

Sena vs Sena: Tension mounts as Sena-BJP awaits SC verdict on disqualification plea of 16 MLAs from Shinde camp

“Even if 16 MLAs are disqualified, we will have the required number to retain the power.”

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2022 Maharashtra political crisis: Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on Thursday

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on Thursday on a clutch of cross-petitions filed by the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions of the Shiv Sena pertaining to the 2022 Maharashtra political crisis.

The Times of India

Sharad Pawar slams allies Sanjay Raut, Prithviraj Chavan for remarks against NCP

While maintaining there were no misunderstandings within the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday slammed his allies, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan for their comments against his party.

The Hindu

MVA targeting Ajit Pawar, says Maharashtra BJP chief

Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday alleged that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar was being targeted by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and that the saffron party never contacted the latter.

The Hindu

Friction within MVA after Sena (UBT) ticks off Pawar for ‘failing’ to groom successor in NCP

Fresh schisms developed within the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) troika after the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) faction said its ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar had reportedly “failed to find a political legatee” to take the NCP forward.

The Hindu

Maha Vikas Aghadi will remain intact: Ajit Pawar

PUNE: Senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday said the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance will remain intact and necessary efforts are being taken.

The Times of India

Sharad Pawar | The Machiavelli of Maharashtra

The Hindu Profiles: Sharad Pawar | The Machiavelli of Maharashtra

The Hindu

Uddhav Thackeray to visit Barsu today; police presence increased

Mr. Thackeray is going to visit the village in the Rajapur taluka, more than 400 km from Mumbai, and interact with those who are opposing the government’s plans to provide land for a mega-oil refinery in the area.

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Sharad Pawar’s decision to step down sends shockwaves through MVA

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Congress said that there was no reason to believe the MVA was in danger, after Sharad Pawar’s shock decision to step down as national president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

The Hindu

Deciphering the ‘Pawar game’

Sharad Pawar’s decision to step down as NCP chief is a strategic move to assert his authority over his party forever, analysts say, citing the example of Bal Thackeray who once pulled the same move to stem revolt.

The Hindu

‘Everyone has accepted that future CM of Maharashtra will be from the NCP’

Everyone has accepted that future CM of Maharashtra will be from the NCP, says party leader Jayant Patil

The Times of India

‘Real’ Shiv Sena: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde condemns UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray’s comment

THANE: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde condemned UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray’s recent comment seeking validation from Pakistan about the ‘real’ Shiv Sena and called it unfortunate for the state and the country.

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Sharad Pawar ‘non-committal’ on MVA fighting 2024 polls; ally Raut says MVA was NCP’s chief creation to defeat BJP

Sanjay Raut said that it has been NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s wish that all MVA parties contest in a united manner against the BJP

Newslaundry

‘You can’t woo voters using only polarisation’: Why BJP lost its strongest constituency in old Pune

Once upon a time, Kasba Peth was a BJP bastion in the heart of Pune, a traditional stronghold held by the saffron party for nearly 30 years.

The Times of India

Maharashtra bypolls: BJP loses Kasba Peth assembly seat to Congress

PUNE: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday failed to retain Kasba Peth Assembly seat, as Congress candidate Ravindra Dhangekar defeated the saffron party nominee Hemant Rasane in the bypoll.

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Maha morcha wasn't a game of EVMs used to win polls: Shiv Sena (UBT)'s mouthpiece Saamna

MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday took a dig at the BJP for calling Saturday’s Maha Morcha called by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) a nano morcha by saying that the morcha was was not the game of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) that are used to win elections.

Newslaundry

Can Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra revive the Congress alliance’s fortunes in Maharashtra?

In the days before the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra arrived in Maharashtra, the media and political circles in the state were abuzz with a guessing game: will Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackrey and Nationalist Congress Party’s Sharad Pawar walk with Rahul Gandhi and when?

The Times of India

Maharashtra gives Y+ cover to all 41 MLAs, 10 MPs from Shinde camp

MUMBAI: The home department, headed by deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, has provided special Y+ security to all 41 MLAs and 10 Lok Sabha MPs of CM Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena. Friday’s move comes at a time when it has scaled down or withdrawn the cover of MVA politicians, with the…

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