Siddique, a leader in Ajit Pawar's faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), was shot at near Nirmal Nagar in Bandra. He later succumbed to his bullet injuries at Lilavati Hospital late Saturday night.
Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) MP Supriya Sule, along with party workers, staged a protest against the Maharashtra government over the alleged sexual assault of two minor girls at a school in Badlapur.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar asserted that the caste census should be conducted to get the exact number of population of tribal, SCs, OBCs, minorities etc which will ultimately assist the Centre in devising policies.
In the wake of heated political exchanges in Maharashtra, NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule has expressed her disappointment over recent statements made by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Former NCP's Pimpri-Chinchwad unit chief, Ajit Gavhane is among the leaders who joined the Sharad Pawar faction. Three other senior leaders of NCP's Pimpri-Chinchwad unit- Rahul Bhosale, Pankaj Bhalekar and Yash Sane who quit their party on Tuesday also joined the founder camp.
However, the veteran NCP leader added that those MLAs who would not "hurt" the image of the party would be taken back, but after having a word with the party leaders and workers.
Maharashtra NCP President Sunil Tatkare confidently asserted that Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is poised to secure a decisive victory in the upcoming assembly elections, predicting a win from Baramati with a margin of 1.5 lakh votes.
Refuting the reports of NCP MLAs returning to Sharad Pawar's camp after the poll debacle, Maharashtra NCP President and MP Sunil Tatkare on Thursday asserted that all MLAs are united with Ajit Pawar and such misinformation was deliberately spread during the Lok Sabha elections as well.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) (Ajit Pawar faction) state president Sunil Tatkare on Thursday blamed "misinformation spread against" them that led to their debacle in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls.
As voting for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls is underway, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader (from Ajit Pawar faction), Chhagan Bhujbal, exercised his democratic duty and cast his vote along with his family members at a polling booth in Nashik. He also urged the voters to cast th