The BJP and the Shiv Sena are locked in a bitter tussle over sharing of the chief minister's post and ministerial portfolios in new government in the state.
The Sena indirectly blamed the BJP and the CM for the current political situation.
The mandate for us (NCP) is to sit in the opposition. We do not have enough numbers to be in this race", says Pawar
No party or alliance has staked claim to form government in Maharashtra yet
The Shiv Sena rubbished reports of a climbdown and on Thursday again indicated it had not given up its claim on the post of chief minister and 50:50 division of portfolios.
It is hard to assess Pawar's 'vote share' in the conventional sense of the term
In an election expected to be a one-sided affair with a BJP-Shiv Sena sweep, the Nationalist Congress Party on Thursday was poised to win 53 seats, just four behind the Shiv Sena
The Election Commission of India on Saturday announced a single-phase poll for Maharashtra which will be held on October 21. Counting of votes will be taken up on October 24
Holding a press conference after meeting Sharad Pawar earlier in the day, an emotional Ajit also denied that there was any rift within the Pawar family
Pawar had announced that he would visit the ED office at 2 pm, even though the agency has not summoned him yet
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money laundering case against Pawar, his nephew Ajit Pawar - a former deputy chief minister of Maharashtra - and others in connection with the scam
Modi's address to world leaders at the UN will be the first after winning his second term as Prime Minister
The probe agency said that loans were sanctioned to CSF despite weak financial and negative network
The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have already decided to contest the polls together under coalition
At a recent press conference, a journalist asked him a question: Not only were NCP leaders deserting his party and joining the BJP but even his relatives
Pawar, who at 30 became the youngest chief minister of Maharashtra in 1978, will have to do a lot of heavy-lifting in the Assembly polls in the state
The results of the Lok Sabha polls will be announced tomorrow
'A one-time full loan waiver is the need of the hour', says Pawar
Pawar said people in rural areas were miffed with the Centre over farm distress, farmers' suicides and other agrarian issues
A common minimum programme will be drafted once the non-BJP parties come on board to discuss the matter