Ramdas Athawale

The disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Parliament has got nothing to do with the BJP or the NDA, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said here on Sunday. The decision to disqualify Gandhi was taken by Lok Sabha secretariat as per the rules, the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment said here. Athawale also announced his Republican Party of India (RPI)'s decision to back the NDA in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Gandhi, 52, was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on March 24, a day after a court in Gujarat's Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation case. "Disqualification of Rahul Gandhi was not BJP's decision. This decision was by the Parliament. A Lakshwadweep MP was also disqualified from Lok Sabha as per rules," Athawale told reporters here. Mohammed Faizal of NCP was disqualified from the Lok Sabha in January this year after he was convicted in an attempt to murder case. He was reinstated last week by the Lok Sabha secretariat, just hours before his ple

Union Minister and RPI(A) chief Ramdas Athawale addressed a poll rally on Monday at Tsemenyu district, Nagaland, for the party's candidate Ar Loguseng Semp

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said his party the Republican Party of India (Athawale) would work for the social and economic equality of all communities in Nagaland. Launching the election campaign for the Republican Party of India (Athawale) at newly created district Tseminyu in Nagaland, Athawale, the Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment said his party stands firm for the welfare of the downtrodden and minority community and also the farming community. "We have set up eight candidates for the February 27 Nagaland Assembly elections with the object of bringing more development to the state as envisioned by the founder of the Party Babasaheb Ambedkar, writer of Indian Constitution," he said. Athawale said the RPI(A) is an ally of the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, and the party candidates after winning elections in Nagaland would work with the BJP-NDPP in the state as well. He said the RPI(A) candidate for Tseminyu assembly constituency, Loguseng Semp

Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Thursday while speaking about the Padma awardees said that the government is impartial in honouring people

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said the "real" Shiv Sena is the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and only it has the "moral right" to hold the party's annual Dussehra rally in Mumbai's Shivaji Park. Mumbai's civic body has said it had received applications from the Uddhav Thackeray and Shinde-led factions of the Shiv Sena to "book" the sprawling Shivaji Park for the party's Dussehra rally in October. The rally, arguably the most important event in the Shiv Sena's political calendar, has been taking place at Shivaji Park for several decades, but has two claimants this time due to a split in the Sena following a rebellion by Shinde in June. Speaking to reporters in Pune, Athawale said the Shinde faction has the support of two-thirds of the Shiv Sena's elected representatives and workers, and expressed the hope the ruling camp will get decisions in its favour from the Election Commission and court in matters pending before them over the party symbol .

Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale has blamed Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut for the split in the party

Raj Thackeray had recently accused Pawar-led NCP of playing a caste card in Maharashtra's politics

He said 325 people have died due to accidents while undertaking hazardous cleaning of sewer and septic tanks during the last five years

Union minister Ramdas Athawale met President Kovind and sought President's rule in Maharashtra in the wake of former Mumbai police chief's allegation of corruption against state home minister

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday sent a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said that loans amounting to Rs 1,582.57 crore have been disbursed to 3 lakh beneficiaries in Manipur under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojna

He also said that his Ministry will provide Gandhi a scheme of Rs 2.5 lakh for his inter-caste marriage

Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale said the government has earmarked Rs 59,000 crore for scholarships to backward classes in Assam over a period of five years

The leaders of the farmers' agitation in Delhi should discuss with the Centre on the three farm laws and try to resolve the issue as the government is ready to amend the laws, Ramdas Athawale said

Union minister and RPI(A) leader Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said the Uddhav Thackeray government in Maharashtra could collapse over the renaming of Aurangabad

Union minister Ramdas Athawale has said that farmers will suffer the most if the three contentious farm laws are withdrawn

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday announced that he will be touring rain-affected districts of Maharashtra starting October 22.

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Ramdas Athawale of Republican Party of India (RPI) is the only member in the Union Council of Ministers from an ally party

Ramdas Athawale said that Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar may get a "big post" in the future if he joins the NDA and said there is "no advantage" in staying with Shiv Sena