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The discourse across the eight Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra that are scheduled to vote in the second phase on April 26 is witnessing a shift, with a shuffle in traditional caste equations, the rise of the vocal rural voter and the dominance of local factors.
NCP (SP) leader Sharad Pawar on Monday alleged that Prime Minister only criticizes others and doesn't speak about the work done by his government in the last ten years, while saying that former PMs worked to make a new India.
Maharashtra is a critical piece of the election puzzle this time — since the last Lok Sabha election of 2019, the traditional “communal vs secular” battlelines have been rearranged beyond recognition, after Shiv Sena and NCP splintered, and both government and Opposition were reconstituted. On the Opposition side, an unlikely alliance has taken shape — between Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) led by Uddhav Thackeray and the NCP (SP) led by Sharad Pawar. At Matoshri in the leafy Mumbai enclave of Kalanagar, a day ahead of the first phase of polling, The Indian Express caught up with Uddhav Thackeray, the man who is most in the spotlight. He is seen to have borne the brunt of the political disruption, with the bulk of his MLAs migrating to the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, which formed the government with the BJP; he has cast his lot with his “secular” opponent, and is now fighting his old “Hindutva” ally. Excerpts from an interview:
Back in 2023, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar was 50% ready to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after Ajit Pawar and other ministers took oath with Maharasthtra government, but things could not happen because of his ‘last miniute hesitation’, claimed NCP leader Praful Patel on Wednesday.
Making her debut in electoral politics, the Ajit Pawar-led NCP’s Baramati candidate Sunetra Pawar said it was her duty towards husband, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar that made her contest the election. She is taking on family member and sitting MP Supriya Sule, daughter of NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and winner of the past three Lok Sabha elections, in the Pawar bastion.
NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Supriya Sule and NCP leader Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar will fight for the Baramati seat in the Pune district of Maharashtra for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
For the first time since 1968, when Sharad Pawar first contested from the seat, Baramati is set to witness a first-of-its-kind Pawar versus Pawar battle.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and National Congress Party (NCP) leader, Ajit Pawar, received backlash from his brother Srinivas Pawar for leaving the side of Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar.