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Raj Thackeray suspects Sharad Pawar’s hand in nephew Ajit’s defection

Remarking that it was Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar who first started the politics of party-splitting in the State, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday said that the current political scenario was “a gross insult to the voters of Maharashtra”.

The Hindu

As Ajit Pawar attends first Cabinet meet post-rebellion, resentment in Shinde group over NCP swallowing portfolios

the resentment of a section of leaders from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction against Mr. Pawar’s NCP group grew more pronounced as the impending portfolio allocation threatened to snuff out their Ministerial ambitions.

The Hindu

Maharashtra political crisis | Those who betrayed my ideology have no right to use my photo: Sharad Pawar

NCP president Sharad Pawar said that those who had “betrayed” his ideology had no right to use his photograph after his nephew Ajit inaugurated the new NCP party office in Mumbai

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Uddhav Thackeray group moves SC for expeditious decision on disqualification petitions against Shinde camp MLAs

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) party MLA Sunil Prabhu on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker to take an expeditious decision on the disqualification petitions pending against rebel Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Amidst NCP split, Thackeray camp moves SC against Speaker for delaying disqualification hearings against Shinde

The petition, filed in the top court amidst the ongoing churn in Maharashtra politics following Ajit Pawar’s split from NCP to join the Shinde Cabinet as Deputy Chief Minister, said Speakers should “rise above their political affiliations” while performing the duties of the office.

The Hindu

BJP’s induction of Ajit Pawar and NCP faction leaves future of Shinde camp in a limbo

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s latest blitz in engineering a split in Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and taking his nephew Ajit Pawar on board has left the ruling Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction staring at a parlous political future.

The Hindu

Eknath Shinde will be replaced as Maharashtra CM soon; 16 MLAs will be disqualified: Sanjay Raut

Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday reiterated his claim that Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar who was sworn in as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra a day ago would soon replace Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Differences over UCC | Opposition parties are not ‘photocopies’ of each other, says Derek O’ Brien

Opposition parties are not “photocopies” of each other, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha Parliamentary leader Derek O’ Brien said on July 1, in the context of two of the 15 Opposition parties articulating divergent stances on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

The Hindu

Maharashtra overshadowed by politics as Shinde government completes year in office

This Maharashtra news by The Hindu reported on clashes with Shiv Sena (UBT) being a constant feature of the Eknath Shinde-led government as it completes a year in office on June 30, 2023.

The Hindu

Eknath Shinde faces a host of challenges as Sena-BJP govt. completes one year in office

It was on June 30, 2022, that Eknath Shinde took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after his revolt split the Shiv Sena and triggered the fall of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. The CM faces a…

The Hindu

BRS chief’s power play in Maharashtra makes MVA jittery

As the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) troika looked on with apprehension at Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s temple pageantry in Maharashtra, the BRS chief on June 27 questioned why the State’s political parties felt so threatened by his party.

The Hindu

As first showers batter Mumbai, Aaditya Thackeray takes on Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over civic failures

As the city was bedevilled by water-logging at several points, Mr. Aaditya Thackeray attacked Mr. Shinde over the latter’s claims of civic preparedness.

The Hindu

BJP cracks down on Owaisi’s Buldhana rally, questions Uddhav Thackeray’s silence over ‘Aurangzeb issue’

“Nobody in either Maharashtra or in the country has Aurangzeb’s blood running in them. So, who are these sons of Aurangzeb that have risen suddenly?”

The Hindu

We stand together to contest BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha elections: non-BJP Opposition parties

Framing the next general election as a fight between “democracy and dictatorship”, 15 Opposition parties came together, projecting a united front in Patna on June 23. At the end of the four-hour long meeting, no joint statement was issued, nor a seat-sharing formula declared. It concluded on the promise of…

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Opposition parties have to show big heart in national interest: Sena (UBT) ahead of Patna meet

In an editorial in the party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party said if all opposition leaders come together, then it will instil confidence among voters

The Hindu

Shinde would have shot himself had his revolt failed, claims Minister Kesarkar

“Maharashtra’s public ought to know that Mr. Shinde is not just a true Shiv Sainik but a splendid human being”

The Hindu

Uddhav downplays ally Prakash Ambedkar’s tributes at Aurangzeb’s tomb

The Sena (UBT) chief said that some parties wanted people to be stuck in history and foment riots in the name of Aurangzeb or something else, as it suited them ahead of elections.

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India supplied 160 countries with anti-COVID vaccines, medicines: Anurag Thakur

Information & Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur yesterday said owing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiatives, India supplied anti-COVID vaccines and essential medicines to 160 countries

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Sanjay Raut appeals to UN Secretary-General: Observe June 20 as 'World Traitors Day'

On this day 40 legislators from Shiv Sena, including the current Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde rebelled against Uddhav Thackeray to split the Shiv Sena into two factions. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Shiv Sena Foundation Day: Wars of Words and Hindutva Standoff between Shinde and Thackeray

The warring factions of Shiv Sena engaged in a verbal duel during the party’s 57th Foundation Day celebrations on June 19 with Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde saying his rebellion “ensured the party’s survival” and former CM Uddhav Thackeray labelling Mr. Shinde’s supporters as “looters”.

The Hindu

A change of name for votes

The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance hopes to woo the OBCs by renaming places

The Hindu

Exodus continues from Uddhav camp; MLC and spokesperson Manisha Kayande joins Shinde’s Sena faction

MLC Manisha Kayande joined CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, becoming the second MLC to defect to the ruling camp

The Hindu

Uddhav targets PM over scheduled U.S. trip and lashes out at him for failing to defuse Manipur tensions

Mr. Thackeray further warned the BJP that they could never come to power.

The Hindu

Prime Minister Modi remains ‘the unchallenged king’: Fadnavis

Addressing a party gathering in Nagpur to welcome the ostracised Congress leader Ashish Deshmukh into the BJP’s fold, Mr. Fadnavis disparaged the joint Opposition meeting scheduled to take part in Patna on June 23.

The Hindu

Fadnavis ticks off Uddhav’s ‘silence’ over MVA ally Congress’ erasure of Savarkar, Hedgewar from school syllabus in Karnataka

Fadnavis said it was clear from Thackeray’s silence that he had compromised on his ‘Hindutva’ ideals for the sake of power

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