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Maharashtra elections: Will 150 rebels tilt the balance for MVA, Mahayuti?

Maharashtra polls: With 150 rebel candidates in the race, the MVA and Mahayuti alliances face a tough task managing dissent and preventing vote splits as the election withdrawal deadline nears

Assembly polls: MVA to release poll guarantees at rally in Mumbai on Nov 6

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will hold a joint rally in Mumbai on November 6, where it will release its guarantees for the state assembly elections, a senior Congress leader said on Wednesday. Addressing reporters, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole said the event will be held at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in the evening of November 6, and will be attended by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, party leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray. Elections to the 288-member state assembly will be held on November 20 and the counting of votes will take place three days later. The deadline to file the nomination forms for the elections ended on Tuesday. As many as 7,995 candidates filed 10,905 nominations with the Election Commission (EC). On November 6, Rahul Gandhi will be on a one-day visit to Maharashtra. He will first participate in 'Sanvidhan Bachao' meeting in Nagpur in the morning, Patole said. Gandhi will then atten

BJP not to campaign for ally NCP's Nawab Malik, backs daughter's bid

The BJP has made it clear that it will not campaign for ally NCP's candidate Nawab Malik in the assembly polls due to his alleged links with fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, but has no objection to his daughter's candidature. Nawab Malik, a former state minister, on Tuesday filed his nomination from the Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar assembly constituency in Mumbai as a candidate of the Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), while the party also gave ticket to his younger daughter, Sana Malik, from the Anushakti Nagar constituency, a seat that her father represented multiple times in the past. This is Sana Malik's maiden assembly election. The Ajit Pawar-led party gave the nomination form to Nawab Malik just minutes before the deadline for the process ended, allowing him to officially contest elections as a party candidate. The NCP is contesting the November 20 assembly elections as part of the ruling Mahayuti alliance, which also has the Bharatiya Janata .

Maharashtra polls: Mahayuti v MVA alliances' seat-sharing deal decoded

Mahayuti has three key parties: BJP, Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Maha Vikas Aghadi includes the Congress, Uddhav's Shiv Sena, and Sharad Pawar's NCP

BJP to fight 148 seats, Cong 103 in Maha Assembly polls as nominations end

The BJP is contesting on 148 assembly seats in Maharashtra, the highest among half a dozen major political parties in the ruling and opposition camps, followed by the Congress on 103 as the filing of nominations ended on Tuesday. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has fielded candidates on 80 seats, while Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's NCP has nominated 53 contestants for the November 20 polls to the 288-member state assembly. Five seats were given to other Mahayuti allies while no decision was taken on two segments. In the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the Congress is contesting on 103 seats followed by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on 89 and NCP (SP) on 87 seats. Six seats were given to other MVA allies, while there was no clarity on three assembly segments. Nearly 8,000 candidates, including those from major political parties in ruling as well as opposition camps, have filed their nominations for the 288 assembly seats. As many as 7,995 candidates have filed .

Outgoing Maharashtra Assembly saw three CMs between Nov 2019 and July 2024

The Assembly functioned without a Speaker for over a year, following Nana Patole's resignation in February 2021

Nomination filing ends for Maharashtra Assembly, voting on November 20

Parties within the two alliances are also facing rebellion within their ranks as workers, who were denied tickets because of the seat sharing, have filed nominations

Sacked IAS officer Pooja Khedkar's father enters Maharashtra Assembly race

After unsuccessfully contesting the Lok Sabha elections, Dilip Khedkar, father of sacked probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, has now entered the assembly poll fray as he will contest as an independent candidate from Shevgaon seat in Ahilyanagar district. This time, he has not mentioned any information related to his wife in the election affidavit, contrary to what he had done during the Lok Sabha polls. He filed his assembly poll nomination form on Tuesday, the last day of the process. Khedkar, a former government official, was one of the accused in the case of alleged criminal intimidation along with his wife Manorama Khedkar, who allegedly showed a gun to a farmer in Pune district over a land dispute in June 2023. During this year's Lok Sabha elections, Khedkar had mentioned the information related to his wife Manorama in the election affidavit, alluding that they were not separated as claimed by his daughter Puja Khedkar. This time, however, he did not mention the details of

Maharashtra polls: Ajit Pawar targets uncle; says 'Saheb' splitting family

Maharashtra Assembly elections: Ajit Pawar said that Sharad Pawar has made an error by fielding his grandson Yugendra Pawar against him

'Worli me 5 saal dikhe nahi': Shrikant Shinde targets Aaditya Thackeray

Tuesday marked the last day of filing nominations for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, set to be held on November 20 across 288 seats. Aaditya Thackeray will contest from Worli to retain it

Raut accuses Mahayuti of misusing police against opposition candidates

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday accused the ruling Mahayuti of using police machinery against the opposition's candidates in the Maharashtra assembly polls, and sought removal of state DGP Rashmi Shukla. Talking to reporters, Raut alleged that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is resorting to attacks on the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidates, issuing threats to them and using police pressure to intimidate them as it fears that it would lose the state polls. On Monday, Sena (UBT) leader Advay Hire was attacked in Malegaon Outer constituency in Nashik, allegedly by the "goons" of Sena minister and candidate Dada Bhuse, he said. "Police have not taken any action against them so far. This is not restricted to Malegaon Outer alone. They (ruling Mahayuti) have used police machinery to carry out attacks," he said. Raut said this was precisely why the opposition demanded removal of IPS officer Rashmi Shukla as the state Director General of Police (DGP). "My appeal .

Maharashtra Assembly polls: CM Shinde's income plummets 50% but assets rise

Despite the dip in income, the total assets held by Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and his wife experienced substantial growth, rising from Rs 11.56 crore in 2019 to Rs 37.68 crore in 2023-24

Maharashtra: Bawankule ends seat-sharing rumours, thanks BJP leadership

Reflecting on his previous decision not to contest elections in 2019, he said, "In 2019, I was told not to contest elections, but today, with the support of our Prime Minister, Modi Ji, Amit Bhai

Congress announces 4 candidates for Maharashtra, 2 for Jharkhand polls

With this, the Congress has so far announced candidates for 102 of 288 Assembly seats

Maharashtra polls: My father will continue to guide me, says Zeeshan

Zeeshan has been announced as the NCP candidate for the Bandra East constituency

Maharashtra polls: BJP names 25 candidates in third list; total 146 so far

Maharashtra Assembly elections: The BJP is contesting the elections as part of the Mahayuti alliance with Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)

Maha polls: Raut cautions Cong against fielding candidate in Solapur South

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday warned Congress about fielding a candidate for the Solapur South assembly seat, for which his party has already announced a nominee. Speaking to reporters, Raut said such actions could provoke a similar response from their side and create "problems" for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). "The Congress, in its new list, has announced its candidate (Dilip Mane) from the Solapur South constituency. This has happened when we have already fielded our candidate (Amar Patil) from the same seat. I consider it a typing mistake by the Congress. Such a mistake could happen from our side as well," he said. "I have heard that local Congress leaders are eager to contest the Miraj assembly constituency, which is part of our seat-sharing formula. If this infection (of fielding candidates against allies) spreads across the state, it will create problems for the MVA," Raut said. The Congress, Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP) are part

CM Eknath Shinde to file nomination from Kopri-Pachpakhadi seat today

"We want to change the government in Maharashtra there are lot of issues of the people of Maharashtra are pending because that has not been resolved by the people who are in power currently. We will

Sharad Pawar announces 90-95% seat consensus in MVA ahead of elections

A day before the deadline for filing of nominations, NCP (SP) head Sharad Pawar on Monday said the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has reached a consensus over 90 to 95 per cent of the total 288 seats in the state. Speaking to reporters, Pawar, in a veiled attack on the BJP, said their fight was against those who engineered splits in rival political parties and those who compromised with their ideology. Those who are in power did not solve problems of the people, he claimed. The Maharashtra assembly elections are scheduled on November 20 and votes will be counted on November 23. The last date for filing of nomination papers is October 29. The MVA comprises the NCP (SP), Congress and Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT). The Shiv Sena split in June 2022, causing the collapse of Thackeray's MVA government, while the Sharad Pawar-founded NCP broke into two factions after his nephew Ajit Pawar joined the ruling alliance in July 2023. "Those who are in power did not solve problems o

Maharashtra polls: Our alliance will resolve issues, says Sharad Pawar

He also criticised the Mahayuti ruling alliance for not resolving the issues of the people