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Maharashtra govt formation: From Udayanraje Bhosale to Ganesh Naik, NCP leaders who joined BJP paid a heavy price
Fppolitics • 5 years agoThe BJP fielded Bhosale from Satara in bypolls held in October, but he suffered a shock defeat at the hands of NCP leader Shriniwas Patil.
Maharashtra Govt Formation Updates: Backing BJP wasn't a revolt, says Ajit Pawar at NCP, Shiv Sena, Congress meet
Fp Staff • 5 years agoMaharashtra Govt Formation Updates | Speaking about his support to the BJP for government formation in the state. Ajit Pawar said that it ws not a revolt. On being asked about his role in the NCP, he said: 'Did NCP remove me? Did you read about my removal from the party?'
Maharashtra saga: Sharad Pawar takes lessons from his own playbook, uses pan-state grip to make nephew Ajit fall in line
Jaideep Hardikar • 5 years agoThe latest bid was, by far, one of the most serious attempts by Ajit to come out of the shadow of Sharad Pawar and wrest control of the NCP. But the attempt failed for the same reasons which have existed for the past two decades since the formation of Pawar’s regional outfit, with the addition of some more.
Race for Maharashtra: How BJP's Operation Lotus, termed masterful 72 hours ago, went off track, bringing state back to square one
Suhit K Sen • 5 years agoThe midnight coup planned and executed in Maharashtra on Saturday by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been stymied for the moment.
Maharashtra Govt Formation Updates: Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine's chief ministerial candidate Uddhav Thackeray stakes claim at Raj Bhavan
Fp Staff • 5 years agoMaharashtra Govt Formation Updates: Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine's chief ministerial nominee Uddhav Thackeray reached Raj Bhavan and staked claim to form government in Maharashtra.
'We also know Chanakyaniti': Sena, Congress, NCP slam BJP after Devendra Fadnavis resigns as Maharashtra chief minister
Fp Staff • 5 years agoMaharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis resigned on Tuesday, barely 80 hours after taking oath for the second time on Saturday, immediately after his deputy Ajit Pawar's gave his resignation citing 'personal reasons'
Devendra Fadnavis resigns as Maharashtra CM: With bruised BJP, shaky Shiv Sena, state heads for winter of discontent
Narayanan Madhavan • 5 years agoThe image of Fadnavis as a sincere, straightforward statesman has come under a long shadow, evidently cast by political objects located in New Delhi, not Mumbai.
Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar resign as Maharashtra CM, Deputy CM: Timeline of events since revocation of President's Rule
Fp Staff • 5 years agoDevendra Fadnavis on Tuesday resigned as Maharashtra chief minister, merely three days after taking over the post in an early-morning coup.
3-day-old CM Devendra Fadnavis resigns after Ajit Pawar quits as deputy CM; BJP leader says Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress will collapse under their own weight
Fp Staff • 5 years agoFadnavis accused former ally Shiv Sena of being desperate for the chief minister's post and surrendering its 'Hindutva' at the feet of Sonia Gandhi.
'Allegation against Sharad Pawar in MSCB scam pained me': Ajit Pawar explains reason behind resignation; trashes reports of family feud
• 6 years agoFormer state deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar resigned as MLA without proffering any reason and was incommunicado till Saturday morning when he met Sharad Pawar at the latter's residence in south Mumbai