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.
While speaking on the matter of giving a clean chit to Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Waikar over a hotel redevelopment case, Shiv Sena (UBT) Leader Sanjay Raut said on Saturday that Dawood is left to be given a clean chit now.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met with newly elected Shiv Sena MPs in the national capital and said that the alliance between the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not a political alliance but it is a time-tested friendship.
"Shiv Sena is an old ally of NDA. We have been supporting the Central government and the organization for many years. Yesterday, Shiv Sena got one MoS seat, but I think the party should have got a Cabinet berth. There are many small parties like Majhi and Kumaraswamy. Kumaraswamy has two MPs
"In 2019 when Shiv Sena was undivided and Uddhav Thackeray was the party chief, 18 MPs got elected. So did BJP give Ministership to every 18 Shiv Sena MP? Only one MP was a Minister," Nirupam said speaking to ANI on Monday.
Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde said on Saturday that the nation will witness a historic moment tomorrow when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take oath for the record-equalling third time.
Following the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s poor show in Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra, which brought the tally down to nine seats from 23 in 2019, Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde on Wednesday asserted that the party would perform better in future.
Former Shiv Sena MP Rajendra Gavit rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule in Mumbai on Tuesday and termed his rejoining as "Ghar Wapsi".
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced on Saturday that CM Eknath Shinde's son and Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde will contest from Kalyan in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Adding to the Opposition barbs over the Centre's decision to reduce the price of domestic LPG by Rs 100 on International Women's Day, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday called the move 'election-driven'.