Sharad Pawar’s reverse swing

May 6, 2023

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder and national President Sharad Pawar had tendered his resignation from the post of national President of the party on 3rd May, 2023. He made this sensational and shocking announcement at the launch of the second edition of his autobiography in Marathi “Lok Majhe Sangati”...

How will SC judgment in Eknath Shinde case impact future of politics?

April 20, 2023

Political environment in Maharashtra has become something to watch for in anticipation of Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench’s judgment in Subhash Desai v/s Government of Maharashtra and others case that will be delivered on 21 April, 2023. This case is between Uddhav Thackarey and Eknath Shinde on disqualification of latter and...

Maharashtra to focus on industry & infra

March 10, 2023

Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis led Maharashtra Government has tabled its first budget today. After a hiatus of nearly 3 years, the state is now witnessing clarity in its economic future. The Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Devendra Fadnavis tabled the budget for the state in the State Legislative...

No basis to fears of Adani group firms going bust

February 9, 2023

For a very long time, people were raising concerns about high leverage in Adani group companies. The debate had multiple layers ranging from imminent bankruptcy to Gautam Adani fleeing the country like Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi. The other angle was whether Adani group companies were in a position to...

Adani issue: Value versus price dichotomy of stocks

February 8, 2023

Hindenburg Research’s report about Adani Group stocks has created waves, not only in stock exchanges, but also in political circles. While political parties and politicians are hurling allegations and counter allegations at each other, the media and social media is filled with debates about valuations of Adani Group stocks. Hindenburg...

Why are Jains protesting against Centre and Jharkhand govt?

January 4, 2023

For last fortnight, India is witnessing strong protests by the second smallest microminority in the country – Jains. It started with Jains sitting on a fast on to death in Delhi. This was followed by protest marches and rallies across all the small and big cities across India. Many leading...

ICICI-Videocon saga raises corporate governance concerns

January 2, 2023

Recently, former MD and CEO of ICICI Bank, Mrs Chanda Kochhar was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on charges of corruption and misuse of power to irregularly lend money to Videocon Group. This was done against Videocon Group then investing in Mrs Kochhar’s husband’s company Nupower Renewables. In...

Freezing Shiv Sena’s ‘Bow and Arrow’ symbol to hurt Uddhav

October 13, 2022

Eknath Shinde rebelled against Shiv Sena supremo and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackarey and joined hands with the BJP to form the government and become the Chief Minister of the state. This was followed by more than bitter war of words between Shinde and Thackarey. The rebellion of Shinde reached...

Panchayat polls: Uddhav-led Sena routed for dumping Hindutva, pandering to Islamists

September 30, 2022

Last week, results of elections for sarpanch of 547 gram panchayats spread across 17 out of total 35 districts in Maharashtra were announced. 274 candidates supported by the BJP and 41 candidates backed by the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena won the elections. The BJP-Eknath Sena candidates won...

BJP should rebut MVA ‘lies’ on Vedanta deal with facts

September 16, 2022

After more than two years of negotiations with various states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh, the semiconductor manufacturing joint venture between India’s Vedanta and Taiwan’s Foxconn closed the deal with Gujarat. This was announced by Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal on twitter. Immediately after the announcement, the political...