Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Friday blamed the administrative set-up for the trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar controversy and said that earlier, there was a dialogue with the administration, but nowadays only directions are given.
"I resigned yesterday and today all the ex-corporators will be holding a meeting and strategising on our next moves. We will also take the blessing of Sharad Pawar," Gavhane said speaking to ANI on Wednesday.
In a big blow to Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the party's Pimpri-Chinchwad chief, Ajit Gavhane, resigned from his post on Tuesday and submitted his resignation letter to party president Sunil Tatkare.
Following the victory of Congress candidates in two out of three assembly constituencies in the recent by-elections in Himachal Pradesh, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday expressed happiness and congratulated all the winning candidates of the Congress party and INDI alliance
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shehzad Poonawalla attacked Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and MP Sanjay Raut's remarks on the emergency on Saturday, stating that it is clear that the Congress party and the INDI alliance support the emergency rather than condemning it.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gaurav Bhatia praised the government's decision to announce June 25 (the day the Emergency was imposed) as "Constitution Murder Day" and said that the Congress and party leaders Rahul Gandhi, who display the Constitution of India have "never apologized" for impo
The Congress party will collect suggestions from the public for the party manifesto and solve the problems of the people effectively if the Congress government is formed.
CM Mamata said she would also meet Nationalist Congress Party (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray there, and might also meet Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
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.
Union Minister and Telangana BJP chief G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday hit out at Congress over the six guarantees the party made during the Telangana Assembly elections and said that the party failed to implement these guarantees adding that Congress party's habit is to give "false guarantees."
The party had requested that the Commission issue a communication/certificate recording the status of the party for the purpose of accepting voluntary contributions from public.