Witnessing a series of political developments in Maharashtra including the Election Commission order recognising Eknath Shinde as official "Shiv Sena" and Ajit Pawar-led faction of the Nationalist Congress Party as the "real" NCP as well as the recent departure of former Chief Minister of
Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole on Tuesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is scared and departure of former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan will not have any impact on Congress.
After the exit of Ashok Chavan from the party, Congress leaders on Tuesday held a meeting to formulate a strategy for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra and Lok Sabha elections.
In a major setback for the Congress party ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan is likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party after resigning from the grand old party, according to sources.
Amid the speculations that former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan will join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former Congress leader on Monday said that he would prefer to divulge his future political plans in 48 hours.
Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole on Sunday asserted that Congress and MVA will be leading in the vote share adding that the issue of seat sharing with Prakash Ambedkar will be solved soon.
A Congress delegation led by state party chief Nana Patole met Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais to hand over a memorandum on the law and order situation in the State and requested him to dismiss the Eknath Shinde-led government in the state.
In a sharp attack on the Maharashtra government led by the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance over the Ulhasnagar firing incident, state Congress Chief Nana Patole said that the incident marks the begining of 'Jungle Raj' in the state.
Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole on Monday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for allegedly stopping Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from entering a temple in Assam's Nagaon.
After the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker gave a verdict on MLAs disqualification pleas by both Shiv Sena factions in favour of the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde faction, the opposition went all guns blazing, with former CM Uddhav Thackeray calling the verdict the 'murder of democracy'.
Nana Patole said, "Assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar's judgment is unconstitutional and it's an undemocratic judgment and it was against party rules, he accepted that the real Shivsena was 1999, and he did not disqualify any MLA from both sides. We have faith in the Supreme Court. Democracy is