After giving second jolt to ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra this month, the BJP said that except NCP, both Shiv Sena (SS) and Congress saw vote erosion in the state LC elections.
Maharashtra Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde is incommunicado and apparently camping in Gujarat along with some party MLAs after the state LC polls, with indications of a power struggle in Shiv Sena
Maharashtra minister and senior Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde is not in Mumbai, but a communication has been established with him, party MP Sanjay Raut said
Battling a crisis in the Maharashtra government, the Shiv Sena leaders are likely to skip the opposition parties meeting on Tuesday to finalise their joint candidate for the Presidential election
Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde and some other Shiv Sena MLAs are camping at a hotel in Gujarat's Surat city, a day after the Sena-led MVP faced a setback in the MLC polls
After suspected cross-voting in Maharashtra MLC elections, CM Uddhav Thackeray has called an urgent meeting of all Shiv Sena MLAs
Both candidates of the Shiv Sena Sachin Ahir and Aamshya Padavi won the election, while the two nominees of the Congress failed to secure the minimum quota of the first preference vote.
A total of 145 MLAs cast their votes till 11.15 am on Monday for the elections to 10 seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, an official said.
A total of 11 candidates are vying for the 10 MLC seats vide the electoral college comprising 288 MLAs, though effectively 285 shall vote in the elections on Monday (June 20).
The term of president Kovind ends on July 24 and an election to find his successor is scheduled to be held on July 18
The ECI raised a preliminary objection to a petition filed by Maharashtra Shiv Sena MLA Suhas Kande against its decision declaring his vote cast in the last week's Rajya Sabha elections as invalid
The 2 leaders attended inauguration of Jal Bhushan Building and Gallery of Revolutionaries at the Raj Bhavan and later 200th anniversary celebration of the Gujarati daily 'Mumbai Samachar' in the city
Undeterred by the defeat of its candidate at the hands of the BJP in a bitterly contested Rajya Sabha polls last week, Shiv Sena has maintained that MVA is stronger than ever
Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray will visit Ayodhya on June 15 to seek the blessings of Lord Ram, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Monday. "This is not a political programme," Raut told reporters here, adding that a team of Shiv Sena workers and leaders are already in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya city to take care of arrangements for Thackeray's visit. The Ayodhya visit of Aaditya Thackeray, son of Maharashtra Chief Minister and Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, comes at a time when his party is being targeted by the BJP and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on the issue of Hindutva. Aaditya Thackeray's uncle and MNS chief Raj Thackeray, who recently called for the removal of loudspeakers atop mosques, had also said he would visit Ayodhya this month, but his trip was postponed due to health reasons. Raut said Aaditya Thackeray will reach the UP capital Lucknow on June 15 and from there he will travel to Ayodhya. Thackeray will seek the blessings of Ram Lalla. He will also v
Shiv Sena MLA Suhas Kande approached the Bombay High Court against the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision declaring his vote cast in the last week's Rajya Sabha elections as invalid
Danve said it was wrong on part of Sena MP Sanjay Raut to term some Independent MLAs traitors for not voting in favour of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) nominees in the RS polls held on Friday.
Prima facie, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)- comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress- failed to secure four-five votes of Independent MLAs, he told reporters at Nagpur airport.
The Rajya Sabha elections have again highlighted dissension and lack of cohesion in the opposition ranks from Maharashtra to Karnataka and Haryana.
After Shiv Sena's Sanjay Pawar lost the Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra to BJP's Dhananjay Mahadik, Sanjay Raut alleged that the BJP put pressure on the Election Commission
The polls for 16 Rajya Sabha seats come ahead of the election for the next Preisdent of India, which is due to be held in July