Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 28 (ANI): BJP MP from Nizamabad Dharampuri Arvind on Wednesday said that he hoped for a longer PFI ban, and he also questioned the AIMIM's stand on the issue.

Pune Mar 20 PTI NCP president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said his party was not inclined to ally with AIMIM a day after AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel proposed an alliance with tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA headed by Shiv Sena The Shiv Sena has already rejected Jaleels suggestion for an alliance I have been reading about this statement of Jaleel but I want to clarify that this is not our partys stand to ally with AIMIM Pawar told reporters at Baramati in the Pune district They AIMIM can talk about alliances but the parties they are talking about should accept such proposal in the first place the former Union minister said Pawar said though the AIMIM All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen proposed a tie-up at the state level the formation of such an alliance has to be approved by the national committee of political parties Speaking at another event Pawar spoke about a possible meeting with authorities regarding another Pune airport the location for which is yet to be finalised Various defence establishments are located in and around Pune Every morning IAF conducts training sorties in these areas We need to understand their defences views and for that we will hold a meeting in the next fortnight Pawar said AIMIM MP Jaleel had said in Aurangabad on Saturday that his party was wrongly termed as the B team of BJP There is no power left in them Shiv Sena to defeat the BJP single-handed Thats why they need the support of Congress and NCP I propose that lets add another wheel to the three-wheeled autorickshaw and make it a comfortable car We have expelled the corporator who had opposed the singing of Vande Mataram in the Aurangabad municipal corporation and he has joined the NCP now he had told a Marathi news channel PTI COR NSK NSK

Mumbai Mar 20 PTI Asserting that Shiv Sena is a Hindutvavadi party Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday rejected AIMIMs offer for an alliance calling it a conspiracy by the opposition BJP to defame the Sena which heads the Maha Vikas Aghahdi MVA government Thackeray who heads Shiv Sena virtually addressed a meeting of the party MPs and office-bearers here wherein he lashed out at BJP the former ally of Sena on Hindutva and other issues Who has sought an alliance with the AIMIM This is a game plan and conspiracy of the BJP The AIMIM and the BJP have a tacit understanding The BJP has ordered the AIMIM to defame the Shiv Sena to raise questions on Shiv Senas Hindutva Accordingly the AIMIM leaders are making the offer of alliance Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut told reporters quoting Thackeray On Saturday All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel caused a stir stating that his party can ally with the Shiv Sena-led MVA to prevent the BJP from coming to power evoking sharp reactions from Sena The NCP and Congress the other two partners in the MVA had said the AIMIM must prove that it was a like-minded party and not the BJPs B-team Raut a Rajya Sabha MP said the Sena will launch Shiv Sampark Mohim a mass outreach programme on March 22 in 19 districts across Vidarbha and Marathwada regions in Maharashtra on Thackerays orders to dispel the confusion the BJP was trying to create about Sena on various issues Uddhav ji said Shiv Sena will never join forces with the AIMIM The Shiv Sena president also said that his party had never been associated with and will never be associated with those who bow before the grave of Aurangzeb Raut said The chief minister has asked Shiv Sena leaders to destroy those who are doubting Hindutva propagated by the party he said Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday termed Shiv Sena Janab Sena while responding to AIMIMs alliance offer to the Thackeray-led party Responding to the jibe Thackeray said the Sena always believed that Hindutva was above politics What Janab Sena The Shiv Sena is a staunch Hindutvavadi organisation It was and will remain Hindutvavadi The Shiv Senas Hindutva is not adulterated he said Raut recalled that the BJP had formed a government with the pro-Pakistan and separatist PDP in Jammu-Kashmir in 2015 He sarcastically said that it was a revolutionary alliance between PDP-BJP that gave a new direction to the country Now we will tell the people which is the real Janab Sena Raut said quoting Thackeray In the meeting Thackeray recalled that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had stated that those who take positions against Muslims are not true Hindutvavadis and cannot be called Hindus Raut added Thackeray also accused Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari of murdering democracy by delaying the approval to 12 names sent by the MVA to him to be appointed as MLCs from the Governors quota AIMIM MP Jaleel had said that AIMIM was always blamed for BJPs victory in polls and dubbed the B team of that party To prove this allegation wrong I proposed to Rajesh Tope Maharashtra health minister and NCP leader that we are ready for an alliance he had told a Marathi news channel Arguing for the alliance he also said There is no power left in them Shiv Sena to defeat the BJP single-handed Thats why they need the support of Congress and NCP I propose that lets add another wheel to the three-wheeled autorickshaw and make it a comfortable car We have expelled the corporator who had opposed the singing of Vande Mataram in the Aurangabad municipal corporation and he has joined the NCP now PTI ENM NSK NSK

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 20 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday dismissed the possibility of an alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), terming it BJP's "B team".

Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], March 19 (ANI): The AIMIM party, which has often been accused of being the BJP's 'B-Team' by other political parties has said that it is willing to enter into an alliance with Congress and the NCP in the upcoming Maharashtra civic polls in order to defeat BJP.

Mumbai Mar 19 PTI Top stories from western region at 515 pm BOM7 GA-LD CONG-GFP Goa Cong leader riles ally GFP by blaming it for poll debacle gets show-cause notice Panaji Congress on Saturday issued a show-cause notice to its leader Vijai Bhike after his statement blaming the ally Goa Forward Party GFP for the poor performance in the last months Goa Assembly elections drew a sharp response from the latter BOM3 MH-JALEEL-LD ALLIANCE AIMIM MP suggests alliance with Shiv Sena-led MVA says three-wheeled ruling dispensation can become comfortable car Aurangabad Suggesting an alliance with ruling Shiv Sena NCP and Congress in Maharashtra AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel has said that the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA can become a comfortable car from the three-wheeled autorickshaw which can prevent the BJP from coming to powerBOM2 MP-VACCINATION-CHILDREN COVID-19 inoculation drive for children in 12-14 age group to begin on Mar 23 in MP official Bhopal The vaccination drive against coronavirus for the children in the age group of 12 to 14 years will begin in Madhya Pradesh on March 23 for which 30 lakh doses of Corbevax vaccine have been received a senior health official said on SaturdayBES10 MH-MALIK-PORTFOLIOS Maha NCP decides to reassign Nawab Maliks portfolios rules out his resignation Mumbai The Nationalist Congress Party NCP in Maharashtra has decided to distribute the portfolios held by party leader and cabinet minister Nawab Malik currently in custody in a money laundering case to other ministers of the party a senior leader has said PTI KRK KRK KRK

Aurangabad Feb 24 PTI AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel has said the amount of Rs 75 crore to be spent on making a detailed project report DRP of the proposed Aurangabad Metro work should rather be used for other essential development works here in Maharashtra In a letter written to the Aurangabad Smart City Development Corporations CEO Jaleel said a lot of money was being spent on making DPRs of projects which are not feasible The amount of Rs 75 crore being spent for the Metro DPR is a waste as looking at the current development plan the Metro line work is not possible claimed the Lok Sabha member from Aurangabad Instead the city needs some flyovers Hence this fund should be spent on essential works and development of gardens here he said in the letter PTI AW GK GK

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 23 (ANI): Mumbai police on Tuesday denied permission to All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi to hold a rally in Mumbai, Maharashtra on November 27.

Aurangabad Sep 26 PTI The people of Marathwada fought and liberated themselves from the rule of the Hyderabad Nizam but followers of the latters policies are now ruling many local bodies in the region state minister and NCP leader Jitendra Awhad said here on Sunday He was apparently referring to the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen that has a strong presence in the region with one of its members Imtiaz Jaleel being Aurangabad Lok Sabha MP The people of Marathwada stood firmly against the Nizam who chose Pakistan when asked to choose between India and Pakistan during Independence However followers of the Nizams policies are now ruling several local bodies in Marathwada Awhad said The AIMIM is often accused by opponents of having historical ties to the Nizams rule in the erstwhile state of Hyderabad with its Aurangabad MP Jaleel being routinely asked about his absence from official Marathwada Liberation Day celebrations held every year on September 17 Awhad was speaking at the closing ceremony of the Marathwada Marathi Literary Meet organised by the Marathwada Sahitya Parishad and Loksamvad Foundation PTI AW BNM BNM BNM

Aurangabad Sep 17 PTI AIMIM leader and local MP Imtiaz Jaleel on Friday attended a flag-hoisting here on the occasion of Marathwada Liberation Day but evaded a question about why he did not attend such events in the pastLarge parts of the Marathwada region in central Maharashtra were under the Nizam rule prior to 1948 The day commemorates local peoples struggle for merger with independent IndiaJaleel attended a ceremony at Siddharth Garden here where the national flag was hoistedAsked by reporters why he attended an event to mark liberation day six years after he became MP Jaleel said I can justify why I didnt come for the ceremony in the pastBut my question is what great feats those who attended this ceremony in the past achieved he said without adding anything more PTI AW KRK KRK