Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at the opposition alliance in Maharashtra, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) referring to it as "Aurangzeb fan club" and alleged that Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray is the club leader.
Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal asserted to remove the "corrupt government" in Maharashtra as he expressed confidence in the state-level coalition, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) forming the government in the upcoming state assembly elections.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who was exuberant after the Mahayuti sweeped the Legislative Council polls, said that the ruling alliance did their "best batting" and took the Maha Vikas Aghadi's "wicket".
A day after the central government formed a panel to probe the candidature of Trainee IAS officer, Pooja Khedkar, who is accused of misusing her authority, she said she will follow the procedure and give her submissions to the committee.
As the Maharashtra assembly elections are slated to be held later this year, discussions on seat-sharing in the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance consisting of the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and the Shiv Sena (UBT) among others are underway.
The economic survey of Maharashtra for the year 2023-24 presents a positive outlook on the state's economic recovery and growth under the leadership of the Shinde government as compared to the previous government under the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis accused the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi of "creating fake narratives" and alleged that most of the paper leaks occurred when Uddhav Thackeray was the Chief Minister of the state.
Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole on Tuesday said that the "Save Constitution campaign" by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and the party national president Mallikarjun Kharge gave a big victory to the Maha Vikas Aghadi in the state in the recently held Lok Sabha election.
"The Bharatiya Janata Party and the NDA government do not need the certificate of the 'Maha Vinash Aghadi'. The people have given the mandate and the NDA government has received the certificate of the people...," Shaina NC said in a video statement on Saturday.
"In the Lok Sabha elections, Maha Vikas Aghadi got 0.3 per cent more votes (than the Mahayuti alliance). If we talk about Mumbai we got 2 lakh votes more," Bawankule said.