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Shiv Sena (UBT) faces turbulence as six to seven of its nine Lok Sabha MPs are reportedly considering defecting to the ruling Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde. The discontent is said to stem from the possible elevation of Aditya Thackeray within the party.

The oath-taking ceremony will take place at 5 pm at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai, state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said.

The stunning comeback of BJP demonstrates its dominance of Maharashtra’s political landscape

Mahayuti alliance won 230 of the 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra and the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi managed to garner just 46 seats

Coming down heavily on Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, the union Minister said wherever Revanth Reddy campaigned the MVA candidates lost the polls.

Counting of votes began on Saturday morning, with all eyes on the outcome of the battle between the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti coalition and the MVA alliance

According to officials, the cash was later handed over to the Income Tax department for further probe

Assures free education for male students, stabilising prices of essential items and among others

Says he had to take the step as Maharashtra government failed to fulfil promise on reservation issue

He contended that after the Lok Sabha elections, when the MVA trumped with a total of 31 seats, there was huge unrest among the legislators of the two parties which had split in June 2022 and July 2023.

Fadnavis' statement came in the wake of BJP's dismal performance in the Lok Sabha elections as its tally reduced to nine from 23 in 2019.

To a query on whether the meeting with Pawar could result in him joining the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, which also includes Maha Vikas Aghadi constituents Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT), Ambedkar replied in the negative.

The delegation comprised Ambadas Danve, Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule, Mumbai Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Desai, among others

MVA constituents Congress and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) had asked the NCP chief to clear the confusion such meetings between the uncle and nephew create in political circles.

Ajit Pawar and eight MLAs had joined the Eknath Shinde government, which also has the Bharatiya Janata Party, on July 2, in the process causing a vertical split in the NCP.

The NDA voting percentage is likely to be 39.3 per cent while Maha Vikas Aghadi would take a vote share of 47.7 per cent

Maha Vikas Aghadi and other parties on Saturday erupted into celebrations after the Karnataka Assembly election results

The Opposition MVA came trumps winning three seats while the ruling BSS-BJP and a BJP-supported Independent bagged one seat each, in the biennial MLC elections

Mumbai: A day after winning its first major legislature battle to bag the Speaker’s post in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly — the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde government supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will seek the crucial ‘vote of confidence’ in the House, scheduled here on Monday. The trust vote for the Shinde-led government — […]

Mumbai: The election of the Speaker for the Maharashtra Assembly is set to take place on Sunday after the new Eknath Shinde government took over following the collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) rule in the state. With the return of the MLAs, who echoed the revolt against Uddhav Thackeray along with their leader […]