Chandrakant Patil

Narayan Rane gets late night bail after arrest over 'would have slapped Uddhav Thackeray' remark

Narayan Rane's remarks against Uddhav Thackeray set off protests in Mumbai and several other cities which included pelting of stones and vandalising offices of BJP in some areas by Shiv Sena cadres

Maratha quota row: Leaders across party lines stage protests seeking reservation in Maharashtra's Kolhapur

Among those present at the agitation were Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar and Congress leader Satej Patil

Eknath Khadse quits BJP; senior Maharashtra leader set to join NCP on Friday, says Jayant Patil

Khadse has been disgruntled with the saffron party ever since he was made to resign as a minister in the then BJP-led government in 2016 on allegations of corruption

Maharashtra BJP suspends Selu Municipal Council's Vinod Borade and Palam Municipal Council's Balasaheb Rokade for anti-CAA stand

BJP state president Chandrakant Patil has stated in the letters that both the party workers showed indiscipline by voting against CAA

Ex-BJP minister calls woman tehsildar ‘heroine’ during Jalna rally; NCP says leader's remarks ‘outraged woman’s modesty’

BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Babanrao Lonikar has called a woman tehsildar sitting on the stage a 'heroine' during his speech on a planned rally of farmers in Jalna district

Over 80 dead, lakhs displaced after unprecedented downpour pounds several districts across Western Maharashtra

While the monsoon season is always welcomed for bringing respite from the summer heat and replenishing parched reservoirs, this year it wrecked havoc in parts of western Maharashtra where over 80 people lost their lives and lakhs got displaced after unprecedented rains

BJP leader Eknath Khadse says will look at other options if 'humiliation continues', claims anti-party activities led to daughter's defeat

Eknath Khadse met Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil after a meeting of the party's North Maharashtra core committee in Jalgaon

Congress’ Nana Patole elected Maharashtra Assembly Speaker; Devendra Fadnavis claims BJP withdrew their nomination after all party meet

Congress leader Nana Patole was elected Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly as BJP candidate Kisan Kathore withdrew his nomination on Sunday. The deadline to withdraw the nomination was 10 am on Sunday

Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil calls Uddhav Thackeray-led ministry's swearing-in illegal, claims prescribed oath format not followed

Chandrakant Patil also alleged that the new government in Maharashtra defied rules in replacing BJP's Kalidas Kolambkar with NCP's Dilip Walse Patil as pro-tem Speaker, and questioned the propriety of holding election for Speaker's post after the floor test.

BJP will not contest in Mumbai's upcoming BMC elections, says party leader Ashish Shelar; NCP, Congress likely to field candidates

BJP will not contest the upcoming mayoral elections in Mumbai as they are in minority, whereas the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress are likely to field their candidates