NCP leader Ajit Pawar joined the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra and took oath as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister on Sunday in a surprise and dramatic political move that changed political equations in the state ahead of Lok Sabha and assembly polls next year and has ramifications
"BJP is 24x7 in election mood...BJP, which called the NCP a corrupt party, are now welcoming our leaders. How? I don't want to comment on who will be the candidates of BJP. I will concentrate on my work rather than peeking inside others' life...I am always with NCP and truth, I face these
Wading into the split in the NCP triggered by Ajit Pawar, who pledged allegiance to the BJP-led NDA and took as the deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra, Rajasthan BJP president C Joshi on Sunday claimed that leaders and parties have come to realise that their
"I will not comment on whatever our leader Sharad Pawar has said, he is a highly respectable person. Whatever decision we have taken... as Ajit Pawar mentioned in his press conference, it is the party's decision, a collective decision. There is no pressure from anyone..," says NCP working
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders Anil Deshmukh and Jitendra Awhad on Sunday came out in support of party patriarch Sharad Pawar after senior leader Ajit Pawar sensationally switched over to the BJP-led NDA along with a band of 8 loyalist MLAs and took oath as deputy chief minister
After the split in Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday spoke to NCP chief Sharad Pawar over the phone and discussed the current situation and extended support to him.
Congress leader Sachin Sawant reacting to Maharashtra's political reshuffle on Sunday said that this was bound to happen as the results of Karnataka elections have indicated that BJP is losing its base day by day.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) working president Supriya Sule on Sunday met party workers after NCP's Ajit Pawar, along with 8 MLAs, joined the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra cabinet.
Hours after Ajit Pawar and some other Nationalist Congress Party leaders joined the Maharashtra government, party chief Sharad Pawar said, "this is not 'googly', it is a robbery" and that he was worried about the future of those who left the party.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister, Prithviraj Chavan, on Sunday slammed Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar and his MLAs (Member of Legislative Assembly) over joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party alliance in Maharashtra government.
"The political developments that have taken place in Maharashtra today show that the BJP wants to eliminate the opposition parties on the basis of money power and central agencies. It is highly condemnable," Gehlot said in a tweet.