Prithviraj Chavan

Rahul's LS disqualification will be a key issue in 2024 polls, says Chavan

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday said former INC president Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from the Lok Sabha will be one of the key issues

Friction arose with Prithviraj Chavan as he had no experience: Ajit Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar said on Friday that the reason for the discord between him and then Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan was that the latter had no experience of the state's politics. Pawar was deputy chief minister when Chavan headed the Congress-NCP alliance government between 2010 and 2014. Asked about the talk of discord between him and Chavan during an interview at an event organised by the Lokmat media group here, Pawar said Chavan had never worked even as an MLA in the state as he was mostly based in Delhi. "Prithviraj Chavan had never worked as an MLA here. He was not aware of what kind of treatment we had received from people in the power....He had no experience of the state cabinet," the NCP leader said. "He had been working in the PMO and there is a difference between the state politics and politics in Delhi," Pawar added. Chavan, who was a minister in the Manmohan Singh government, became chief minister after Ashok Chavan resigned .

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We are moving towards new 'license-permit raj', says Prithviraj Chavan

Amid a controversy over Maharashtra losing some big-ticket industrial projects, Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan has claimed that the country is heading towards a new "license-permit raj". Political instability makes investors nervous, the former state chief minister told reporters here on Tuesday. The alliance government of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction and the BJP in Maharashtra is under fire after Gujarat bagged some mega-investment projects, allegedly at Maharashtra's expense. Recently, a Tata-led consortium and Airbus announced a military aircraft manufacturing facility in Gujarat. Chavan said, "The current Maharashtra government is not even able to form a full cabinet. That is not a good sign. The reasons (for instability) are change in the government, interference by Delhi and hijacking of the projects which should have come to Maharashtra." During the infamous license-permit raj of the pre-1991 era, the Union government could tell investors where they should inv

Party president should be allowed to take decisions: Prithviraj Chavan

'For a vibrant Congress all electoral processes need to be put in place. Kharge should be allowed to find his own feet and permitted to take his own decisions on who should contest election'

Some G23 leaders meet Ghulam Nabi Azad; discuss future strategy of grouping

Senior Congress leaders and members of G-23 Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Anand Sharma and Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday met Ghulam Nabi Azad at his residence, days after the leader from Jammu and Kashmir resigned from the party after blaming the leadership. Sharma, Hooda and Chavan held discussions at Azad's residence and are learnt to have discussed the future strategy of the G-23. The Congress leaders are learnt to have also discussed the organisational elections, including that of the Congress president, amid reports that Shashi Tharoor, who is a member of the group, is considering contesting the election for the top party post. The G-23 had written a letter to Sonia Gandhi in August 2020 demanding an organisational overhaul and elections at all levels of the party. The G-23 had also been critical of certain decisions of the party leadership. Tuesday's meeting comes days after Azad resigned from the Congress and announced that he will float his own outfit in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of

MVA will have to move SC against Guv's letter for floor test: Prithviraj

Senior Cong leader Prithviraj Chavan said Maharashtra's ruling MVA will have to move the Supreme Court against Guv Koshyiari's letter mandating the Thackeray-led dispensation to face a floor test

Prithviraj Chavan clarifies his 'haven't met Rahul Gandhi in 4 yrs' remark

Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday issued a clarification over his remark 'haven't met Rahul Gandhi in the last four years'.

BJP will lose in all five poll-bound states: Cong's Prithviraj Chavan

The counting of votes will take place on March 10.

Covid-19 catastrophe due to incompetent leadership, callousness: Prithviraj

The incompetent leadership and callousness has driven India to the present Covid-19 catastrophe, senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said on Wednesday

Maharashtra: Cong's Chavan accuses Centre of bias in Covid-19 help

Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday accused the Centre of "discrimination on the basis of politics" in the distribution of critical medical equipment

MPSC exam postponed; after backlash CM says will be held by March 22

Earlier in the day, the MPSC announced that the exam for government jobs which was to take place on March 14 (Sunday) has been postponed on account of rising coronavirus cases

Is BJP losing the plot in Maharashtra? Recent panchayat polls suggest so

Although the rural body elections were not fought on party symbols, going by the backing that the panel of candidates received, the MVA won a majority of the panchayats

EC responds to Chavan's allegations on hiring of 'BJP-linked' firm

EC has responded to concerns flagged by Prithviraj Chavan on hiring of a firm engaged in SVEEP voter awareness campaign which was alleged to have links with BJP during 2019 Maharashtra polls

Covid-19: Prithviraj Chavan questions ICMR plans for vaccine by Aug 15

The ICMR said that it aims to launch the world''s first COVID-19 vaccine by August 15

Ban NaMo app as it violates people's privacy, says Prithviraj Chavan

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday demanded a ban on NaMo app alleging that it was violating privacy of Indians.

PM's 'no intrusion' remark made him popular in China: Prithviraj Chavan

The senior Congress leader took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that 'nobody intruded into the Indian territory'

Error of judgement by the central govt has led to this: Prithviraj Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan, in an interview with Aditi Phadnis, talks about Maharashtra govt's handling of coronavirus outbreak and the challenges ahead for the state

Maharashtra govt formation: Sena floats names for CM post, NCP wants Uddhav

For the Speaker's post, the Nationalist Congress Party is not willing it to give to Congress but the Congress wants it for former CM Prithviraj Chavan.

Cong, NCP in unison over Maharashtra govt formation: Prithviraj Chavan

Congress and the NCP leaders will meet their allies in Mumbai on Friday, which will be followed by a meeting with the Shiv Sena, the second-largest party in the state