National Working President of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Praful Patel on Tuesday clarified that he is not in the running for the NCP national president position, emphasising that the party will follow a democratic process to decide on the leadership.
Doval was received at the airport by India's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Dr Suhel Ajaz Khan, and Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister for Political Affairs, Ambassador Dr Saud Al-Sati, according to the Indian Embassy in Riyadh.
Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday suggested a "conspiracy" behind the death of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash, saying that 80 per cent of the state believes that "something fishy" is going on.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday hinted at foul play in the death of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash, ahead of the speculated merger of the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana on Monday raised concerns over the "hasty" appointment of Sunetra Pawar as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra following the death of her husband Ajit Pawar, and called it a "second shock" allegedly orchestrated by Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief
Nationalist Congress Party leader Amol Mitkari has said that there were some suspicions about the circumstances of the death of party leader Ajit Pawar in a plane crash and demanded a high-level probe into the tragedy.
Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, CM Fadnavis said, "NCP's decisions are taken by the party itself. We have no objection to Parth Pawar. If there were any merger talks, Ajit Dada would have told me."
Amid heavy hearts and chants of 'Ajit dada amar rahe,' the widow of late Ajit Pawar, Sunetra Pawar, stepped into fill the vacant post of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister as she took oath of office at Lok Bhavan in Mumbai.
Reacting to the elevation of Sunetra Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and wife of late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, State Minister Ashish Shelar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader expressed confidence that she would cont