In a wide-ranging interview with Frontline, Sunil Tatkare, the Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Maharashtra unit chief and a close confidant of Deputy Chief Minister and party leader Ajit Pawar, forecasts a dramatic reversal of his alliance’s fortunes in the upcoming Assembly election. Despite the Mahayuti’s (as the National Democratic Alliance is known in Maharashtra) disappointing […]
In this candid conversation with Frontline, Ashish Shelar, the Mumbai BJP chief and former Minister, discusses his party’s strategy and vision for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election. Shelar discusses several contentious issues, including the BJP’s relationship with former ally Uddhav Thackeray, the controversial Dharavi redevelopment project, and the party’s electoral prospects in Mumbai’s 36 Assembly […]
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CMs Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis during the press conference where Mahayuti leaders presented the ‘report card’ of their work in Mumbai. October 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Maharashtra, known locally as Mahayuti, consists of three major partners: the BJP, Shiv Sena […]
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Ajit Pawar is expected to make a “big announcement” during a press conference at 6:30 pm on Friday. The development comes just a day after Ajit Pawar reportedly “walked out of the” state cabinet meeting within 10 minutes. Around 38 decisions were taken during the […]
