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Smile amid monsoon deaths? Mumbai's BJP chief Ameet Satam faces backlash

Mumbai BJP President Ameet Satam faces severe backlash from opposition parties after a video surfaced showing him smiling while discussing recent monsoon-related deaths. Critics, including Sanjay Raut and Varsha Gaikwad, condemned his apparent insensitivity, calling the deaths "murders" due to negligence. Satam claims his remarks were misinterpreted, explaining he was…

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Maharashtra's Ladki Bahin beneficiary count drops by 80 lakh after verification drive

Around 80 lakh women are now ineligible for the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana. The Opposition claims this is due to a financial crisis. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis states only ineligible beneficiaries were removed after verification. The government aims to ensure benefits reach deserving recipients. The scheme targets poorer women…

The Economic Times

80 lakh Maharashtra women ineligible for Ladki Bahin scheme; Oppn alleges financial crisis

Around 80 lakh women in Maharashtra are no longer eligible for the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme. This follows an e-KYC deadline, with the government citing non-compliance with eligibility criteria. Opposition parties allege this reflects a severe financial crisis in the state. The government states the beneficiary count dropped from…

The Economic Times

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Maharashtra Elections: NCP (SP) issues 2nd list of 22 candidates

After announcing the second list, Maharashtra NCP (SP) chief Jayant Patil said that so far the party has announced the names of 67 candidates. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Communal politics does not work in rural India, says Rohini Khadse

Political rally in Maharashtra's scorching heat as Maha Vikas Aghadi gears up for Lok Sabha elections.

The Hindu

Sharad Pawar loyalist Jayant Patil squelches talk of defecting

Senior Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) leader Jayant Patil on February 19 quashed speculation that he was planning to join the BJP

The Hindu

Fadnavis announces SIT for Maratha quota stir arson; vows prosecution

Devendra Fadnavis announces SIT to probe arson incidents in Beed district, Maharashtra police seize drugs worth ₹50,000 crore, opposition protests rising unemployment.

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Maratha quota agitation | Jarange-Patil cranks up pressure on Shinde government

The activist, whose indefinite hunger strike entered its fifth day, said he would further up the ante on the Maratha agitation after October 31.

The Hindu

SC to hear on October 13 Sharad Pawar camp plea against Speaker’s ‘inaction’ on disqualification proceedings of breakaway NCP MLAs

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list on October 13 a petition filed by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar’s loyalist, Jayant Patil, to intervene with Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to hear disqualification proceedings against party legislators who have changed fealty to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.…

The Hindu

Have full faith that EC will make right decision, says NCP leader Jayant Patil on party name and symbol row

NCP leader Jayant Patil expresses faith in EC to make right decision on party's name, symbol dispute. He notes need for caste census to address OBC issues & urges Speaker to decide on disqualification pleas against Shiv Sena MLAs.

The Hindu

Ahead of INDIA meet, Uddhav calls on Sharad Pawar

The meeting comes a day before the first meeting of the coordination committee of the Opposition INDIA bloc, which is to be held at Mr. Pawar’s Delhi residence on Wednesday.

The Hindu

NCP schism: Sharad Pawar faction seeks disqualification of rebel NCP legislators from Maharashtra Legislative Council

NCP led by Sharad Pawar petitions Deputy Chairperson of Maharashtra Legislative Council to disqualify rebel NCP MLCs, a day after Pawar suggests not taking them back & giving tickets to fresh faces in upcoming polls. Ajit Pawar's appointment as NCP president termed "illegal" by Sharad Pawar group.

The Hindu

Sharad Pawar using guerrilla tactics to fight NCP rebels: Sanjay Raut

Sanjay Raut said Sharad Pawar is using guerrilla warfare tactics to fight those who left NCP and is fighting a war on the battlefield with BJP. He also clarified that Pawar is not standing on two stones and is an important leader of MVA and INDIA.

The Hindu

‘Nothing clandestine about my Pune meeting with Sharad Pawar,’ says nephew Ajit

On Saturday (August 13), the NCP chief and his nephew met at Pune businessman Atul Chordia’s residence. Sharad Pawar’s confidant, senor NCP leader Jayant Patil was also present.

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Sharad Pawar-Ajit meet in Pune sparks unease among MVA allies

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena (UBT), which normally defers to Sharad Pawar, slammed him in its mouthpiece Saamana, remarking that repeated meetings with his nephew were “tarnishing Sharad Pawar’s image” and creating confusion in the minds of the electorate.

The Hindu

NCP will not go with BJP though some well-wishers are trying to persuade me, says Sharad Pawar

Rumours swirl in Maharashtra's political circles as Sharad Pawar meets nephew Ajit Pawar. Deputy Chief Minister Fadnavis unaware, NCP's Jayant Patil not informed of conversation. Shiv Sena's Raut suggests Pawar Sr. may have invited Ajit to join Opposition bloc INDIA meeting.

The Hindu

Ajit Pawar says he joined the ruling government as ‘development works do not get done by sitting in Opposition’

NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said he left the Opposition MVA to join the ruling ‘Mahayuti’ of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena-BJP coalition as he saw no alternative to PM Modi’s leadership

The Hindu

Sharad Pawar loyalist Jayant Patil denies meeting Amit Shah in Pune, quashes speculation of aligning with BJP

NCP leader Jayant Patil, categorically denying rumours of his purported meeting with Amit Shah in Pune, stressed he had never ventured out of Mumbai since Saturday and exhorted news channels to stop broadcasting misleading reports about him. The rumours triggered speculation that Mr. Patil might align himself with the rebel…

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Election Commission tells NCP factions to share documents within three weeks

The Election Commission of India has directed both the Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar factions of the NCP to share with each other the documents submitted to the Commission while staking claim to be the real party

The Hindu

Guardian Ministers setting up offices in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters wrong precedent: NCP, Shiv Sena (UBT)

The Opposition said Mumbai’s guardian Ministers setting up offices in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters has set a wrong precedent and is an act of encroachment of rights of civic bodies. The issue was raised in the Maharashtra Assembly by Nationalist Congress Party’s Jayant Patil.

The Hindu

Joined Ajit Pawar’s faction due to Sharad Pawar’s flip-flop, says Chhagan Bhujbal

Rebel NCP Minister Chhagan Bhujbal attributed Sharad Pawar’s frequent flip-flops in his political dealings as the reason for finally leaving the NCP patriarch’s side. Read more on The Hindu

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"Party symbol is not going anywhere...people, workers are with us": Sharad Pawar at crucial meeting amid NCP crisis

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, who is battling a crisis in the party triggered by his nephew Ajit Pawar joining the Shinde-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra, said at a crucial party meeting here that the NCP symbol is "not going anywhere" and that they were not hungry for power…

The Hindu

As Ajit Pawar attends first Cabinet meet post-rebellion, resentment in Shinde group over NCP swallowing portfolios

the resentment of a section of leaders from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction against Mr. Pawar’s NCP group grew more pronounced as the impending portfolio allocation threatened to snuff out their Ministerial ambitions.

The Hindu

Maharashtra political crisis | Those who betrayed my ideology have no right to use my photo: Sharad Pawar

NCP president Sharad Pawar said that those who had “betrayed” his ideology had no right to use his photograph after his nephew Ajit inaugurated the new NCP party office in Mumbai

The Hindu

Maharashtra political crisis | Majority of NCP lawmakers, leaders favoured tie-up with BJP and wanted to join Maharashtra govt., says Praful Patel

Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel has claimed 51 out of the 53 party MLAs had told NCP chief Sharad Pawar that the possibility of joining hands with the BJP should be explored after the MVA Government in Maharashtra collapsed last year.

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