Mumbai: Taking objection to NCP leader Jayant Patil’s remarks on outgoing deputy speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Narhari Zirval, BJP MLC Gopichand Padalkar condemned the statement on Sunday. He criticized Jayant Patil for humiliating Zirval who comes from a tribal community. The BJP MLC was referring to the comment... The post appeared first on .

He further said, Mr. Sharad Pawar also pointed out that the failure of this experiment will lead to several rebel MLAs returning to their original party. Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that mid-term polls are likely in Maharashtra as the newly formed government led by... The post appeared first on .

Mumbai: Taking objection to NCP leader Jayant Patil’s remarks on outgoing deputy speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Narhari Zirval, BJP MLC Gopichand Padalkar condemned the statement on Sunday. He criticized Jayant Patil for humiliating Zirval who comes from a tribal community. The BJP MLC was referring to the comment... The post appeared first on .

He further said, Mr. Sharad Pawar also pointed out that the failure of this experiment will lead to several rebel MLAs returning to their original party. Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that mid-term polls are likely in Maharashtra as the newly formed government led by... The post appeared first on .

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

Mumbai Feb 25 PTI Amid BJPs demand to sack Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik following his arrest Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said it is the prerogative of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray whether to accept or reject the resignation of his cabinet colleagues Malik who is state Minority Affairs Minister and NCPs chief spokesperson was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate ED on Wednesday in connection with a money laundering probe linked to the activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides Malik was remanded in ED custody till March 3 After his arrest the BJP has started demanding Maliks removal from the state cabinet but the ruling allies - Shiv Sena NCP and Congress - have rejected the possibility of his resignation When asked about the opposition partys demand Raut told reporters The BJP which is in power at the national level misuses central probe agencies for political gains arrests our ministers and then holds protests seeking resignation But it is Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray who has the authority to decide whether to accept or reject such a resignation As the BJP is indulging in politics we will also make some political moves the Senas Rajya Sabha member added PTI ND NP NP

Mumbai Feb 23 PTI Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil on Wednesday accused the Centre of engaging in vendetta and objected to the questioning of his cabinet colleague Nawab Malik by the Enforcement Directorate ED in a money laundering case without any notice NCP leader and former Rajya Sabha member Majeed Memon said the party will not keep quiet and fight lawfully till the end if the action against Malik is motivated by politics and being carried out with some vengeance and malice and asked the ED officials not to be their political masters slave The ED on Wednesday questioned state Minority Affairs Minister and NCPs chief spokesperson Malik in a money laundering probe linked to the activities of the Mumbai underworld fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides officials said Walse Patil said NCP leaders stand firmly with Malik The Union government has used central agencies with vendetta to target several people Malik is an honourable minister of the state It was required to issue him a notice if he is to be investigated in any case the NCP leader said But the notice was not served He was taken from his home early morning to the ED office This is against democracy and the common mans rights the state home minister said He said it is being seen that whenever central agencies take action somebody has talked about it earlier either on TV or Twitter This means it is all done in a pre-decided manner and selectivelyI am of the opinion that Malik is innocent he said Walse Patil also said the state Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government comprising the Shiv Sena NCP and Congress is not in trouble and will complete its tenure Speaking to reporters separately Memon questioned the timing of the action He said the ED was questioning Malik linking the latter to the underworld and in connection with a land purchased 17 years ago A 17-year-old matter is being raked up now I want to ask the ED humbly what is the basis for opening the case now The judges will ask you tomorrow that how come you woke up after 17 years Why did you not probe this in 2005 he said Memon said Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis had talked about the land scam four months ago Why did ED not act for four months Wasnt the ED aware of this It was all in public domain he said Memon also asked the ED officials to not be slaves of their political masters and not a pawn in anyones hands You are the slave of law justice and the Constitution of India Dont become a victim of race between political parties he added If the ED thinks Malik is involved in any crime then it should investigate maintaining secrecy and not publicise the same on TV the NCP leader said What you are doing is against law and justice It is violating your own course of investigation The courts have said many times that the investigation in important matters has to be carried out maintaining secrecy It need not be publicisedSecrecy is the hallmark of a fair investigation he said Memon also accused BJP leader and former state CM Fadnavis of not getting sleep at night for want of power We have nothing to say if they are doing something legal But if they are doing something motivated by politics if they are doing something with vengeance and malice then we are the last people to keep quiet he said Our party will not remain silent if you misuse the lawWe will agitate from day one till the end and fight lawfully he said Memon also picked holes in Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman comments where she had rubbished charges against the BJP-led central government of using central agencies against political opponents I want to tell her Madam you are holding the finance portfolio The home ministry should speak about it I would also ask the home ministry about the misuse of central agencies during the past seven-eight years especially during the second term of the NDA after 2019 he said PTI ENM GK GK

Mumbai Jan 27 PTI The sale of wine will be allowed in supermarkets and walk-in stores in Maharashtra the state cabinet decided on ThursdayOpposition BJP slammed the decision saying that the government was promoting liquorThe decision was taken to give a boost to fruit-based wineries which provide additional income to farmers Minister for Skill Development Nawab Malik told reportersA statement from the Chief Ministers Office said shelf-in-shop method will be adopted in supermarkets and walk-in-stores which have area of 100 sq mt or more and which are registered under the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments ActBut the supermarkets which are near places of worship or educational institutions can not sell wine Further wine sale will not be allowed in the districts where prohibition is in forceSupermarkets will have to be pay a fee of Rs 5000 for selling wineBJP leader Devendra Fadnavis criticized the decision saying the government had rolled back prohibitionWe will not allow Maharashtra to become a Madya-rashtra liquor state he saidThe Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government did not help people during two years of the pandemic but its priority is promoting the sale of liquor the former chief minister said PTI MR KRK KRK

Panaji Jan 22 PTI The Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party NCP the ruling allies in Maharashtra have forged an alliance for the first time in Goa for the February 14 Assembly elections but data shows that winning seats in this coastal state has never been an easy task for the two parties individually and their candidates had lost deposits on several occasions in the past polls Data of to the previous elections showed that the Sharad Pawar-led NCP has fared better than the Shiv Sena in terms of the number of votes polled The Shiv Sena has been fighting elections in Goa since 1989 while the NCP has been on the states electoral scene since 2002 After the 2019 Assembly elections in Maharashtra the Shiv Sena which till then allied with the BJP joined hands with the NCP and the Congress to form a government which was christened as the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA The Shiv Sena and the NCP had last week announced that they would contest the Goa elections together Both parties will collectively fight 20 seats for the 40-member House Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut who announced the first list of nine candidates for the Goa Assembly polls on Friday said he wanted the MVA model in Maharashtra to be replicated in Goa this time which is why he had approached the Congress with that proposal But the Congress did not show any willingness to forge a pre-poll alliance with Sena-NCP he said He also said that if the BJP retains power in Goa it is the Congress that should be blamed as it refused to tie up with the two parties In 2007 the NCP had contested the Goa Assembly polls in alliance with the Congress while Shiv Sena has always fought the elections in the state alone without a tie-up with the BJP In 2017 the NCP had contested 17 seats but could win only one seat while its deposit on 16 seats was forfeited The party polled 20916 votes and registered 228 per cent share in the total valid votes polled The Shiv Sena on the other hand had contested three seats at that time but could not open its account It had polled 792 votes and recorded 009 per cent vote share in the total valid votes polled The Aadm Aadmi Party AAP which entered Goas poll fray for the first time in 2017 had contested 39 seats and its candidates lost deposit on 38 seats The party polled 57420 votes and got 627 per cent share in the total valid votes polled In 2012 the NCP had contested seven seats and had lost deposit in three places The party had polled 34627 votes and got 408 per cent share in the total valid votes polled at that time The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena had contested three seats but lost deposit on all three of them It had polled only 210 votes The party got 002 per cent share in the total valid votes polled That year the Trinamool Congress TMC had contested 20 seats and lost deposit on 19 seats The party had polled 15323 votes with 181 per cent share in the total valid votes polled In 2007 the NCP had contested six seats and won three of them The party lost its deposit in one seat It polled 35731 votes getting 502 per cent share in the total valid votes polled The Shiv Sena had fielded seven candidates but all of them lost their deposits The party had bagged 1049 votes with 015 per cent share in the total valid votes The NCP had contested 20 seats in 2002 and won one of them while losing deposits in 12 seats The party had secured 37093 votes with 583 per cent share in the total valid votes polled The Shiv Sena had fielded 15 candidates and all of them lost their deposits The party got 4946 votes with 078 per cent share in the total valid votes In 1999 the Sena had contested 14 seats and lost deposit in all of them It had secured 5987 votes with 104 per cent share in the total valid votes polled In 1994 the party had contested two seats when it bagged 8347 votes and got 145 per cent share in the total valid votes polled while in 1989 of the six seats it had contested it had lost deposit on five of them It had bagged 4960 votes and 098 per cent share in the total valid votes polled PTI MR NP NP

Mumbai Dec 26 PTI BJP president J P Naddas visit to Mumbai to unveil a statue of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was cancelled following which the party claimed the Maharashtra government denied permission for the event at the last minute The event was scheduled on Saturday on the occasion of Vajpayees birth anniversary at a sports complex in suburban Kandivali Maharashtra is currently governed by the three-party alliance of the Shiv Sena NCP and Congress BJP Lok Sabha member from north Mumbai Gopal Shetty claimed that state Sports Minister Sunil Kedar denied permission for the event at the last minute Due to the cancellation of permission given by the district administration BJP president J P Nadda had to cancel his visit to the city Shetty told reporters on Saturday PTI MR GK GK