Majority of NCP MLAs with me, claims Ajit Pawar

04 Jul 2023

Days after leading a mutiny and fracturing the NCP, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar declared on Tuesday that he has the support of the majority of party MLAs. After participating in the state cabinet meeting here, he told reporters, "There was nothing new as such. We and Chief Minister...

Maharashtra: Ajit Pawar to open a new NCP party office in Mumbai

04 Jul 2023

On Tuesday, state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will launch a new Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) party office near Mantralaya in Mumbai, only days after entering the BJP-Shiv Sena administration. Ajit Pawar said that the entire NCP was behind him. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Ajit Pawar group leader Praful Patel...

Country progressing under PM Modi’s leadership, says Ajit Pawar

02 Jul 2023

Ajit Pawar, the new Deputy Chief Minister of the Eknath Shinde government, said on Sunday that the country is progressing under PM Modi's leadership and that they should support development after engineering a split in the Nationalist Congress Party and extending support to the NDA government in Maharashtra. "Today, we...

No words are enough to condemn, says Mehbooba Mufti after Pawar joins Maharashtra Govt

02 Jul 2023

People's Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti said on Sunday that no words can describe how the BJP has consistently undermined the popular mandate in Maharashtra since Ajit Pawar took oath as Deputy Chief Minister in the state's Eknath Shinde-led administration. According to Mehbooba Mufti, not only is democracy being...

Ajit Pawar quits NCP, takes oath as new Deputy CM of Maharashtra

02 Jul 2023

On Sunday, Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar joined the Maharashtra cabinet as deputy chief minister, backed by numerous MLAs. He will hold the position with BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis. This move comes only days after Ajit Pawar announced his intention to resign as Leader of the Opposition in the...

NCP Ajit Pawar takes dig at Eknath Shinde, said ‘he will not resign in future’

12 May 2023

NCP leader Ajit Pawar took jibe at Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, he will not resign in dreams following the Supreme Court verdict last year in state and said opposition MVA alliance will see what it can do on the issue of disqualification of 16 MLAs during the assembly session...

Sharad Pawar expresses concerns over MVA unity, Sanjay Raut says alliance intact

24 Apr 2023

Sanjay Raut, the leader of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Bal Thackeray), said on Monday that the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra would remain intact just after Sharad Pawar expressed doubts about its cohesion ahead of the state Assembly elections. Sharad Pawar in Amravati said, "Today, we are a part...

NCP leader Ajit Pawar dismisses talk of joining BJP

18 Apr 2023

Ajit Pawar, the leader of the Nationalist Congress Party, insisted on Tuesday that there is "no truth" to rumors that he is about to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. "I work for NCP... Nobody is going anywhere (and) no MLAs have signed anything. "These are all speculative claims," Maharashtra's ex-deputy...

‘We should stand together with the border residents’, says CM Shinde

19 Dec 2022

On the border issue, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday spoke in the Legislative Assembly and said there should not be any politics on it now. "For the first time, the Union Home Minister has mediated in the inter-state border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka. There should be no...

Ajit Pawar says Chhagan Bhujbal could have saved Uddhav’s chair

14 Oct 2022

Ajit Pawar, the leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), told Uddhav Thackeray, the former chief minister of Maharashtra, on Thursday that he would have kept his position if he had asked Chhagan Bhujbal, a seasoned politician, for assistance during the crisis that resulted from a rebellion within the Sena....