AMOL MITKARI
BJP-Ajit Pawar tensions come to fore as BJP leaders call NCP a liability
Chaudhari's comments were made at a closed-door review meeting for the Shirur Lok Sabha seat recently by BJP. Leaking of his comments has caused tension between NCP and BJP, simmering since the Lok Sabha results, to increase.
Unease in Mahayuti? NCP leader hints separate contesting in Maharashtra assembly elections
The Mahayuti alliance includes the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and the NCP led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. "If each constituent adamantly insists on contesting 100 assembly seats in the upcoming state elections, then the parties will have to contest separately. With only 288 assembly seats available, being offered only 55 seats would be unacceptable for the party," said Mitkari, who is an MLC and NCP spokesperson.
NDA's Maha poor Lok Sabha show: NCP hits back at BJP for blaming Ajit Pawar; warns of taking 'different stand' on alliance
The blame game between BJP and NCP has escalated in Maharashtra after BJP members blamed Ajit Pawar's NCP alliance for their poor Lok Sabha election results. NCP leaders, including Amol Mitkari and Rupali Patil, have strongly refuted these claims, warning of reconsidering their alliance if the targeting continues. They criticized BJP's leaders for making divisive statements, suggesting it led to electoral setbacks rather than Ajit Pawar's influence.
Lok Sabha seat-sharing talks a cliffhanger after splits and realignments in Maharashtra
Maharashtra, the country's most industrialised state and its premier FDI magnet, however, has seen a political churn since 2019, with the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena breaking its long-time alliance with the BJP, and then suffering a split, just like the Sharad Pawar-founded Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Ajit faction miffed with Fadnavis over posting letter on X
The Ajit camp is not particularly miffed with deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis for writing a letter to Ajit raising objections over the induction of Malik into its faction but the fact that Fadnavis posted the letter on social media platform 'X'. Fadnavis had opposed Malik's inclusion as the latter was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged money laundering and being involved with underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim.
"What BJP did to Nawab Malik is wrong...": NCP MP Supriya Sule as controversy hits Maharashtra government
The controversy over Nawab Malik allegedly aligning with Ajit Pawar continues to be a sore point between the alliance partners in Maharashtra.
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Eating fish daily makes eyes beautiful like Aishwarya Rai: Maharashtra BJP minister
The video of his remarks at a public function in Nandurbar district went viral on social media. NCP legislator Amol Mitkari criticized Gavit for diverting attention from important tribal issues. Maharashtra Women's Commission chief Rupali Chakankar has called on Gavit to provide an explanation within three days, expressing concern about the impact of such statements on society.
Maharashtra political circles abuzz after 'secret' meeting between Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar
Visuals aired by regional news channels showed Sharad Pawar arriving at the residence of the businessman in Koregaon Park area at around 1 pm on Saturday. He left by around 5 pm. After nearly two hours, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was seen leaving the premises in a car at 6:45 pm.
Shinde meets Modi second time in five days
Maharashtra's chief minister Eknath Shinde has met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the second time in five days amidst rumours of unease in his Shiv Sena party since the NCP faction, led by Ajit Pawar, was included in the government. Amol Mitkari, a legislative council member who is close to Ajit Pawar, stated that the NCP leader would take oath as the chief minister soon.
NCP has not split; meeting held by Sharad Pawar not official: Praful Patel
The organizational structure of the party was completely "flawed," Praful Patel, a veteran NCP leader, said. "An important meeting was held on June 30 at 'Devgiri' (Ajit Pawar's official residence in Mumbai) where legislators, office-bearers and party workers were present.
Patel appoints Tatkare as Maha NCP chief, Ajit Pawar named legislature party leader
Praful Patel, who was recently removed as NCP working president, has appointed Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare as the party's state unit chief and Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar as its legislature wing leader. Patel also stated that Ajit Pawar will be the NCP's legislature party leader. Ajit Pawar has claimed that he has the support of maximum NCP legislators and has sought the disqualification of party MLAs Jayant Patil and Jitendra Awhad from the House.
Ajit Pawar effect: After 51 years, Maharashtra sees more than 200 MLAs of various parties supporting government
For the first time in 51 years, the number of MLAs supporting the Maharashtra government has reached around 200. This exceeds the last instance in 1972 when all 222 legislators were from the Congress party. The exact number of MLAs supporting Ajit Pawar, the newly appointed deputy chief minister, is unknown, but it is speculated that 36 MLAs are backing him.
Realignment talks after Shinde calls on Sharad Pawar
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde's courtesy call on Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar, who has been admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital for a chest infection, has set political tongues wagging about possible realignments in the state.
Maharashtra ruling, Opposition MLAs almost come to blows
The trouble started in the morning when the BJP and Shinde camp MLAs began shouting slogans against NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray at the steps leading into the Assembly.
Maha: Face-off between Shinde faction, opposition legislators in Vidhan Bhavan premises
The Shinde faction MLAs tried to snatch the carrots from the NCP legislators, raising tension between them. Sena MLA Mahesh Shinde (from the CM's faction) and NCP MLC Amol Mitkari then virtually came to blows at the steps of the legislature building.
'You are minister at your home': Council Deputy Chairperson tells Maha Cabinet member
'You are minister at your home': Council Deputy Chairperson tells Maha Cabinet member. The Maharashtra Legislative Council on Thursday witnessed a verbal duel between Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe and state Cabinet member Gulabrao Patil, an interaction during which the former rebuked the latter, saying "you are a minister at your home".
Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray, 8 others take oath as MLCs
At a function held at Vidhan Bhawan in south Mumbai, Council Chairman Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar administered the oath to Uddhav Thackeray and others who were elected unopposed to the Upper House on May 14.
CM Uddhav Thackeray, 8 others elected unopposed to Council
Apart from Thackeray, Council Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe (Shiv Sena), four candidates of BJP - Ranjitsinh Mohite Patil, Gopichand Padalkar, Praveen Datke and Ramesh Karad; NCP's Shashikant Shinde and Amol Mitkari and Congress's Rajesh Rathod were in the fray for the nine seats, which fell vacant on April 24.
NCP names former MLA Shinde, Mitkari for Maharashtra MLC elections
Shinde, who lost from Koregaon Assembly seat in 2019, has been nominated to the council as he is in charge of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections likely to held at the end of this year or early next year. BJP has fielded four candidates followed by two each by Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP taking the total number of contestants to 10. The number of seats is nine.
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