The bye-elections were necessitated after the demise of BJP's MLA Laxman Jagtap, from the Chinchwad Assembly constituency, and Mukta Tilak from the Kasba Peth Assembly constituency.
The fate of three leading candidates Vitthal Kate (NCP), BJP's Ashwini Jagtap and independent Rahul Kalate will be decided as the by-poll elections for the Chinchwad Assembly constituency is going to held today.
A day after the Election Commission allotted the party name "Shiv Sena" and "bow and arrow" symbol to the Eknath Shinde faction, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday attacked Uddhav Thackeray saying the tenure of Maha Vikas Aghadi government in the state was a "was
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Anil Deshmukh alleged that when he was in jail, he was offered a "deal" for getting out, and had he accepted it, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government could not have lasted even 2.5 years.
National Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar claimed on Sunday that Maharashtra government could fall again as court verdicts on pleas with regard to the politcal crisis in the state last year were pending.
Maharashtra Congress on Thursday refuted the claim made by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) mouthpiece 'Saamana' that the resignation of Nana Patole from the post of Speaker of the Assembly triggered the fall of the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.
Staying firm on his stand and terming Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde-led Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena faction as a 'Traitors faction', Thackeray said quoting "experts" that this matter of disqualification must be taken up on priority.
On behalf of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) fielded its candidate Nana Kate from the Chinchwad assembly constituency for a bypoll on Tuesday.
Eknath Shinde took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on June 30 last year.
This came after a faction of Shiv Sena under Shinde shifted the alliance to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
In a scathing attack against the Fadnavis-Shinde Maharashtra government over their drubbing in recently announced results of MLC polls in the State, 'Saamna', the official mouthpiece of the Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray faction said that the educated people rejected the ruling alliance in the