"If some player has entered the tournament, all these tests should have been done before. How can you disqualify someone at the final stage? This is shocking and surprising. The Government of India and the Indian Olympic Association should take this up strongly with the IOC," said Patel.<
Pune President of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Deepak Mankar has issued a stern warning to Shiv Sena (UTB) MP Sanjay Raut to cease making derogatory comments against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and NCP State Chief Sunil Tatkare.
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.
Calling the Delhi Airport canopy collapse incident at Terminal 1 "unfortunate," Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Friday said that instead of doing politics on the issue, an investigation should be conducted.
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 Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal has asserted that the government is not against the Maratha reservation, however, the Other Backward Class (OBC) community should not be "ignored".
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar said on Friday that no one in his party or the ruling Mahayuti alliance is upset by Rajya Sabha nomination of his wife Sunetra Pawar.
After the allocation of portfolios under the Modi 3.0 cabinet, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Deepak Mankar on Thursday said that party leader Sunetra Pawar should get the post of Minister of State (MoS).
Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel said on Sunday that accepting the position of Minister of State (MoS) with independent charge in the Union Cabinet will be considered a demotion for him, as he was earlier a Cabinet Minister in the UPA Government headed by former Prime Minist