A meeting of the leaders of the opposition coalition, the INDIA bloc, was held at Indian National Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in Delhi after the joint session of Parliament on Thursday.
This will be the first time that elections are held for the Speaker of the lower house, as traditionally, the Lok Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker have been elected through consensus between the ruling party and the Opposition.
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 core committee meeting was held and in this meeting, we analysed the elections that were held recently in the state. Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and the Congress leaders lied and asked for votes from the people, but now the people have understood...We analysed the entire L
Earlier in the day, the TMC delegation met NCP (SP) President Sharad Pawar who supported their demand for an investigation into the alleged stock market manipulation following the exit polls.
She wrote the letter to leaders including former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav
Reacting sharply to Mallikarjun Kharge's statement that NDA government had been formed by mistake and PM Modi did not have the mandate, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said they will come again for the next 5 years.
"Absolutely not. Those who left me will not be taken back," Uddhav Thackeray said when he was asked whether he will be taking back those leaders who had left his faction. When Sharad Pawar was asked the same question, he said, "There is no question of taking them back."
"They (BJP) said nobody can fight against the BJP. The people of Maharashtra showed them the mirror. We are very thankful to the people of Maharashtra. This fight was to save the Constitution and democracy. Modi sarkar is now changed to NDA sarkar. How many days this sarkar will work is q
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.
NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday asked his party workers to be ready for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections this year and claimed the power of the state will be in their hands after the polls.