New Delhi: The current trend of defection in political parties that end up with the defecting faction being recognised as the “real” party, was slammed by the Supreme Court today, which called it a “mockery of voters”. Hearing a petition of the Sharad Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party, the court made it clear …
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar addressing the media on General Election at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on March 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma India will go to the polls from April 19 to June 1, in a marathon seven-phase exercise to elect the 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha, the …
The Supreme Court Thursday sought an undertaking from the Ajit Pawar faction of NCP, saying that it will not use pictures of Sharad Pawar in its posters, and asked it to explore the option of selecting its own symbol. The court was hearing a plea by the Sharad Pawar faction over the use of the …
Of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state, the BJP wants 30, said sources. Mumbai: Finalising seat-sharing in Maharashtra, which sends the second-highest number of MPs to the Lok Sabha, has proven to be tricky for the National Democratic Alliance, with all three key partners – the BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit …
The battle over the ‘real’ NCP may have ended for now but the prestige war has just begun as both factions of the Maharashtra-based party sweat it out for the Baramati seat — the native area of both Sharad Pawar and his nephew and bête noire Ajit Pawar. In December, Ajit Pawar had said that …
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Thursday dismissed all disqualification petitions filed by both NCP factions and held Ajit Pawar’s group as the real Nationalist Congress Party. NCP founder-leader Sharad Pawar and nephew Ajit Pawar (left). {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} “All the petitions seeking disqualification of MLAs are rejected,” Narwekar said. Discover the thrill of …
MUMBAI: Baba Siddique, a prominent Mumbai Congress leader, on Thursday resigned from the party and will join the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party at an event in Bandra East on February 10. Siddique’s exit is the second setback to the Mumbai Congress after former Union minister Milind Deora exited the party on January 14 to …
Four years after he was left red-faced post his failed attempt to form a government with the BJP and outsmarted by his uncle Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar has finally managed to wrest complete control of the NCP. After a seven-month long battle, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday declared his faction the ‘real’ …
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Aaditya Thackeray has hit out at the Election Commission of India’s decision to recognise Ajit Pawar’s faction as the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), alleging that the poll body has “proved to be a fraud”. Shivsena ( Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray ) leader Aditya Thackeray {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} “When …
New Delhi: Veteran political leader Sharad Pawar, embroiled in a battle with his nephew Ajit Pawar for the name and symbol of the party he founded, has lost. Much like the way the Sena versus Sena battle played out, the Election Commission has awarded both to the faction of the Nationalist Congress Party led by …