Ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday lashed out at the Congress party, saying that Congress made Muslims poor in the last 60 years. He further warned Congress not to use Muslims as their vote bank.
The Election Commission of India reviewed preparations for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, urging swift action on electoral offences and improvements in voter facilities while expressing dissatisfaction with the state's compliance on official transfers.
An ECI delegation led by CEC Rajiv Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and SS Sandhu, is in Mumbai to review preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra over the next two days.
Amit Shah also chaired a meeting of Mahayuti leaders in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections, which are likely to held later this year.
In a major setback for the Ajit Pawar-led NCP faction party's OBC leader, Ishwar Balbudhe joined the Sharad Pawar-led opposition camp in Mumbai on Friday.
According to police, two cases were registered against Rane for allegedly giving provocative speeches on two different occasions in Srirampur and Topkhana police jurisdiction of Ahmednagar district on Sunday. Nitesh Rane made the remarks during the Sakal Hindu Samaj agitation in Ahmednagar.
National Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar on Saturday informed that the first round of discussion on seat sharing between Mahayuti alliance has been completed ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections.
Putting an end to speculations about the Chief Ministerial face from the Nationalist Congress Party, Sharad Pawar on Friday said that the party has not projected anyone yet as the CM face.
"How strong is the reaction of the people when a serious incident happens? An example of this was seen yesterday in Badlapur. This means that there is a lot of uneasiness among the people," Sharad Pawar outlined.
Attacking the Eknath Shinde-led Mahayuti government Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday alleged that it is torn by internal differences and that bloodshed might occur over the issue of ticket distribution in the assembly elections
After the Election Commission of India did not release the assembly polls scheduled for Jharkhand and Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday slammed BJP for "postponing elections to break Hemant Soren party."