Lok Sabha Election: Sunetra w/o Ajit Pawar offers prayer before filing nomination against Supriya Sule

18 Apr 2024

Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister, Ajit Pawar accompanied by his wife and NCP candidate Sunetra Pawar in offering prayers at Pune's Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati temple. Sunetra Pawar is set to file her nomination today, and Ajit Pawar stood by her side in support. https://twitter.com/i/status/1780783946847904114 With her nomination filing today, Sunetra...

At 83, Sharad Pawar’s response to retirement calls: ‘Can still straighten some people out’

18 Dec 2023

Ajit Pawar and a few of his party colleagues rebelled against their uncle and party chief Sharad Pawar earlier this year and joined the BJP. At the age of 83, veteran NCP leader Sharad Pawar sent a stern message to his detractors, reiterating his vitality and rejecting calls for his...

Congress Presents Manifesto for Rajasthan, Commits to Caste Census and Enhanced MSP

21 Nov 2023

The Congress party in Rajasthan released its manifesto on Tuesday, promising, among other things, a caste-based census, a new scheme for panchayat recruitment, and the enactment of a law to implement the minimum support price for farmers in the state. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, chief minister Ashok Gehlot, and former...

EC grants 3 more weeks to Sharad Pawar, Ajit factions for replies to notice

16 Aug 2023

The faction led by Sharad Pawar had decided not to approach the EC until the poll panel had considered the breakaway group's arguments. The Pawar group presented a disqualification motion against nine NCP MLAs, including Ajit Pawar, who took oath as deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis coalition...

NCP Crisis: Sharad Pawar leaves for Delhi to attend National Executive meeting

06 Jul 2023

Amid political crisis in Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar left for Delhi on Thursday, where he has summoned a National Executive meeting. Meanwhile, outside NCP president Sharad Pawar's residence in Delhi, banners reading "In the fight of truth and lie, the entire country is with Sharad Pawar"...

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...

ED issues second summon to NCP Chief Jayant Patil

15 May 2023

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday summoned Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and MLA Jayant Patil to appear before the agency on May 22, in a case concerning Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) scam. This is the second summon by the agency sent to the NCP leader in...

Producer of ‘The Kerala Story’ should be hanged”: NCP leader Jitendra Awhad

09 May 2023

Amid the ongoing controversy over the movie 'The Kerala Story', Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Jitendra Awhad on Tuesday said that the producer of the movie should be hanged in public. "Under the name of 'The Kerala Story', a state and its women were defamed. The official figure of three...