Politics

The latest tweet by Ajit Pawar has created flutter as political circles are still speculating if Sharad Pawar could be behind the move, despite him categorically stating that the decision to join hands with BJP was Ajit's 'personal decision'.

The ruling party also had words of praise for party workers who had won recent polls to various cooperative bodies.

Referring to the developments in Maharashtra, Narayanasamy accused the BJP of forming a government there by adopting 'unconstitutional and unjustified' means which is a great slur on democracy.

Dhananjay Munde allegedly played a key role in aiding Ajit Pawar in the move to support the BJP and Fadnavis, away from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

The Nagpur-born BJP leader, with close family links to the RSS, has become the first non-Congress chief minister to win a second term in office in the state, and only the second chief minister to complete his term in office.

Mir also criticised the role of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and said the country is facing 'constitutional crisis' under the BJP which can go to any extent to form a government.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut accused Ajit Pawar of stabbing the Sena in the back by deciding to join hands with the BJP. He said Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray would address a joint press conference in Mumbai soon.

The surprise swearing-in is being described as a political masterstroke of Sharad Pawar, who on Thursday night had said there was a consensus among the NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena that Uddhav Thackeray should lead the new government.

Nitin Gadkari said instead of taking so much interest in covering who is forming the next government in Maharashtra, the media should focus on farmers' issues.

The proposed Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising the Sena-NCP-Congress is likely to hold a press conference on Saturday where the final details will be shared with the media.

The meeting took place at Pawar's residence 'Silver Oak' in South Mumbai. The Thackerays called on the Rajya Sabha MP after he arrived from New Delhi in the evening.

The Hyderabad MP was referring to reports over the Assam government urging the Centre to scrap the updated NRC in the state, the cost of conducting it all over the country and other aspects of the issue.

Congress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely also hit out at the BJP Lok Sabha MPs in Delhi for having a 'casual approach' towards mitigating pollution.

Saying that 'the sky is the limit' when it comes to demands from various quarters on the issue of Jammu & Kashmir, BJP leader Ram Madhav emphasised that the demands should be within the ambit of the Constitution.

The government has decided to enhance the financial assistance from Rs 40,000 to Rs 60,000 for pilgrims whose annual income is up to Rs 3 lakh and for pilgrims whose annual income is above Rs 3 lakh, the permissible financial assistance is to be enhanced...

The Maharashtra impasse has been going on for over 25 days now after the BJP emerged as the single largest party in the state elections.