Mumbai: In 2019, Maharashtra’s Sangli, a traditional Congress stronghold, was caught in the crosshairs of alliance politics. Eventually, the Congress didn’t contest and the seat slipped away to the rival …
Mumbai: Sharad Pawar’s political strategising has managed to keep the BJP at bay in western Maharashtra, despite the latter having Ajit Pawar on its side. After the split in the …
Mumbai: In the run-up to Lok Sabha polls, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis addressed more than a hundred rallies across Maharashtra, the highest for any leader of the state, …
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, though the BJP swept Maharashtra, it still had one Achilles’ heel, western Maharashtra — a bastion of the Congress and the NCP — where …
Mumbai: The opposition alliance in Maharashtra, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), has finalised seat-sharing for the state’s 48 Lok Sabha constituencies, with the Shiv Sena (UBT) retaining the lion’s share of …
Mumbai: Though present at the INDIA bloc rally in Mumbai on 17 March, Prakash Ambedkar of Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA), and grandson of Dr B.R. Ambedkar began his speech by saying …
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Wednesday released its first list of 17 candidates for Maharashtra — including in the contentious seats of Sangli and Mumbai South Central, where ally …
Mumbai: A day after former Maharashtra chief minister and Nanded MLA Ashok Chavan joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress state unit has gone into a damage control mode. …
According to the 2011 Census, Maharashtra has 11.81 percent scheduled caste population — VBA’s primary vote bank. The Shiv Sena UBT had announced an alliance with the VBA last year, …