After giving second jolt to ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra this month, the BJP said that except NCP, both Shiv Sena (SS) and Congress saw vote erosion in the state LC elections.
Both candidates of the Shiv Sena Sachin Ahir and Aamshya Padavi won the election, while the two nominees of the Congress failed to secure the minimum quota of the first preference vote.
Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party leaders and MLAs Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh have moved the Supreme Court seeking temporary release from prison to cast their votes in the MLC election
48 hours ahead of the MLC polls, the ruling allies in Maharashtra, the Congress and the NCP, claimed that their legislators are allegedly being 'threatened' by the central probe agencies.
The absence of AAP and TRS are significant as both parties have been critical of the ruling party and have called for forging a wider unity against it in the past.
Pawar met Yechury, CPI general secretary D Raja, and NCP leaders Praful Patel and P C Chacko in Delhi and conveyed to them his decision to not contest the election.
Prima facie, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)- comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress- failed to secure four-five votes of Independent MLAs, he told reporters at Nagpur airport.
The Rajya Sabha elections have again highlighted dissension and lack of cohesion in the opposition ranks from Maharashtra to Karnataka and Haryana.
After the BJP won three out of six Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said he was not shocked to see the results
The polls for 16 Rajya Sabha seats come ahead of the election for the next Preisdent of India, which is due to be held in July
Ahead of Rajya Sabha Elections 2022, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray in a meeting with MVA legislators said that our victory is certain and asked them to stay united.
Production of the sweetener is expected to be higher than earlier estimates
The former Union minister was replying to a question, during a public interview here, about alleged misuse of central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate by the BJP government.
Maharashtra's former HM Deshmukh, currently in jail in a money laundering ca, on Friday approached a special court here seeking bail for one day to cast his vote in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
Congress alleged that the entire case was part of a "larger conspiracy" to topple the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, in which it shares power with the Shiv Sena and NCP
Thane Police on Saturday arrested Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale after a case was registered against her for allegedly sharing a 'derogatory' post about NCP president Sharad Pawar on social media
NCP president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said citizens in the country need development, employment and a respite from inflation, but some people are trying to spread hatred in name of caste.
Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik, arrested by the ED in a money laundering case, was in a "serious" condition after he was admitted on Monday on complaining of fever and diarrhoea
Nawab Malik (62) had earlier told the court that was unwell due to kidney ailments and had swelling in his legs
Asked about statements of opposition leaders that situation in Maharashtra warrants President's rule in the state, Pawar said it is true that some people get anxious after power goes out of their hand