Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday
Congress Working Committee member Dinesh Gundu Rao backed the Shiv Sena's pitch for his party leader Rahul Gandhi joining hands with NCP chief Sharad Pawar to align all opposition parties together
The Shiv Sena said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should join hands with NCP chief Pawar to align all opposition parties together to take on the ruling BJP at the Centre
Samajwadi Party leader Ghanshyam Tiwari told Business Standard that a 'decision' not to invite the Congress party to the meeting was just a "rumour"
This comes amid heightened speculation about the possibility of a third front against the ruling BJP
While the move is not without its internal political contradictions, "much more than Narendra Modi, it is the Congress that needs to worry", said a former Congress chief minister
NCP chief Sharad Pawar is working to unite all opposition leaders, party spokesperson Nawab Malik said while commenting on a meeting of Pawar with political strategist Prashant Kishor
Earlier, Sharad Pawar has met poll strategist Prashant Kishor, for the second time in ten days
Kishor on Friday called on NCP president Sharad Pawar at the latter's residence
The Shiv Sena downplayed the recent meeting between Sharad Pawar and opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis saying that the NCP chief's stature is such that politicians including PM keep consulting him.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said the NCP president might have advised former Maharashtra CM Fadnavis on how to be a "good opposition leader" during their meeting a day ago
Former senior Congress leader PC Chacko was appointed as the Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) new Kerala president by party supremo Sharad Pawar on Wednesday
Despite calls for restraint due to the Covid pandemic, Maratha groups like the Sambhaji Brigade and Shivsangram have threatened to revive their agitation
NCP president Sharad Pawar on Friday expressed grief over the death of former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee
NCP chief Sharad Pawar underwent a gall bladder surgery at the Breach Candy Hospital here three days back
NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who underwent gall bladder surgery at a hospital here on Monday, is to be discharged in the next two days
NCP chief Sharad Pawar underwent a gall bladder surgery at a private hospital in Mumbai on Monday, Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik said
The MVA experiment, where three unlikely partners joined forces to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of power, was claimed to have created a template for similar experiments in other states
NCP chief Sharad Pawar was on Sunday admitted to a hospital here for the gall bladder surgery scheduled on Monday, party leader Nawab Malik said
NCP president Sharad Pawar expressed concern over the rapid rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra and asked people to cooperate with the government to control the outbreak