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Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is speculated to get 13 seats, while the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will contest on four seats in the arrangement finalised among National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls 2024, according to reports.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Ravindra Waikar who joined the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday night was a close associate of party chief Uddhav Thackeray. He has been under the lens of the Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the construction of a luxury hotel in the city, allegedly in violation of an agreement with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
When the Maharashtra government on Wednesday appointed Siddhesh Kadam (41) as the new chairperson of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is likely to have breathed a sigh of relief at having resolved the infighting between former state minister Ramdas Kadam (70) and Mumbai North-West MP Gajanan Kirtikar (80).
AFTER THE intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who held meetings late into Tuesday and early Wednesday, the BJP appears to have worked out a seat-sharing formula for Maharashtra. Sources said that the BJP is likely to contest 32 of the 48 seats in the state as per the deal, with the Shinde Shiv Sena fighting 11 and the NCP (Ajit Pawar) 5 seats.
Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis has declined an invitation to dine with Sharad Pawar amid the ongoing Maharashtra political crisis. The Opposition leader had invited Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the two Deputy CMs — including his nephew Ajit Pawar to share a meal at his residence in Baramati during their visit on March 2. The surprise invitation comes mere days after the senior Pawar lost control of his party following a split in the NCP.
Deploying yet another of those googlies that his opponents find hard to read, veteran leaderSharad Pawar has invited Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar for lunch as they visit his home turf Baramati on Saturday.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police has begun a probe into the allegations of withdrawing ₹50 crore from the party fund against Shiv Sena (UBT faction).
Having steered the Maratha quota Bill through the House, the Maharashtra government appears to have decided to not treat activist Manoj Jarange Patil with kid gloves any more.