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Deciphering Maharashtra’s defections, its politics

The national context is important because the politics of Maharashtra, like the politics of Assam, deeply intersects with the slow-moving terrain of national politics

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Maharashtra Cabinet reshuffle: Deputy CM Ajit Pawar gets finance, planning ministries

In a major Cabinet reshuffle led by the Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra, the newly appointed Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has been entrusted with the finance and planning ministries Another minister, Chhagan Bhujbal has been allotted the food and civil supplies ministry. Read further on Dynamite News:

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In Maharashtra, all 9 NCP Ministers get key portfolios; Ajit Pawar gets Finance and Planning

All nine NCP Ministers who recently joined the Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra were allocated key portfolios following the Cabinet reshuffle on July 14.

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Analysis | With Ajit Pawar as a ‘Trojan horse’, BJP seeks to storm Baramati and Maharashtra’s sugar heartland

In using Sharad Pawar’s nephew Ajit Pawar as the ‘Trojan horse’ to breach the senior Pawar’s bastion, the BJP sees a fair chance in dominating both Baramati and the crucial sugar belt (Pune, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur districts) for the first time in Maharashtra’s political history.

The Hindu

Decision to confer Lokmanya Tilak Award on Modi sparks discord within Congress

Congress objects to PM Modi receiving prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award, citing his 'divisive' policies. Rohit Tilak, a scion of Tilak's family and Congress leader, is part of the trust that controls the award.

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Sena (UBT) dubs Fadnavis ‘tainted’ again; says BJP no longer the party it was during Vajpayee's time

Shiv Sena (UBT) dubs Maharashtra Deputy CM Fadnavis "tainted" & questions status of cases against MLAs of CM Shinde-led Shiv Sena probed by ED. Fadnavis hits back, saying Thackeray needs psychiatric treatment. Shinde says those who "tainted" Thackeray's name are calling Fadnavis "tainted".

The Hindu

EC has no right to take Shiv Sena name from us: Uddhav Thackeray

Uddhav Thackeray reminded the BJP that it was the Shiv Sena who helped build their party on its shoulders when the latter “was nothing”. Read more on The Hindu

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Joined Ajit Pawar’s faction due to Sharad Pawar’s flip-flop, says Chhagan Bhujbal

Rebel NCP Minister Chhagan Bhujbal attributed Sharad Pawar’s frequent flip-flops in his political dealings as the reason for finally leaving the NCP patriarch’s side. Read more on The Hindu

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PM Modi to be conferred with Tilak national award in Pune next month; Sharad Pawar invited as chief guest

The Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust (Hind Swaraj Sangh) will confer the Lokmanya Tilak National Award upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 1, the 103rd death anniversary of Lokmanya Tilak

The Hindu

How BJP and Opposition might spin the NCP split for the 2024 poll

The saga of rival factions making claims on the ‘real’ Nationalist Congress Party is still in flux. Even if the Ajit Pawar group has become a part of the state government in Maharashtra, it looks like there is more to come within the party and the governing alliance.

Newslaundry

Uddhav slams BJP for dishonouring pre-poll agreement on CM post

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on July 9 said had the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) honoured the “decision” taken before the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly election on sharing of the chief ministerial post, the BJP workers would not have been required to carry “carpets” of other parties now.

The Hindu

Chhagan Bhujbal says rebellion stemmed from Sharad Pawar’s own family and not because of him

He pointed out that former Union Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel, a colleague of Mr. Sharad Pawar in Delhi, Mr. Ajit Pawar, his nephew, and Dilip Walse-Patil, a close aide, were all connected to the internal discord.

The Hindu

Had BJP respected pre-2019 polls decision, its workers wouldn't have required to carry 'carpets' of others: Uddhav

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on July 9 said had the BJP respected the “decision” taken before the 2019 Maharashtra polls the BJP workers would not have required to carry “carpets” of other parties now

The Hindu

NCP split a reminder of succession battles in regional parties

The NCP split revives succession battles in the regional party. Get insights into the ongoing political shift exclusively on The Hindu.

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TV Newsance 217: NCP split and Rubika Liyaquat’s new shows on Bharat24

This week we saw the NCP split – as Ajit Pawar broke away to join the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance and took oath as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister. As the political upheaval unfolded, TV news anchors took a U-turn from their usual narrative.

The Hindu

Ajit Pawar’s faction brushes off NCP working committee decision

NCP leader Praful Patel on July 7 said the party had not broken up, and Ajit Pawar was unanimously appointed as party president by its legislature and organisational wings on June 30.

The Hindu

‘I am firmly with the BJP’, says Pankaja Munde; rubbishes rumours of her meeting Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi in Delhi

Reiterating that she was firmly in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), party national general secretary Pankaja Munde on July 7 refuted speculation of her having met Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in Delhi.

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Congress won’t exploit crisis, will back Sharad Pawar: Rahul Gandhi

During the meeting, Mr. Gandhi also reiterated that the Congress did not seek to exploit the current crisis

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Eknath Shinde refutes rumours of factional discontentment over alliance with rebel NCP legislators

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on July 6 said nobody in Shiv Sena is unhappy over NCP leader Ajit Pawar’s inclusion in the State ministry.

The Hindu

NCP’s Delhi meeting ‘expels’ Ajit Pawar, 11 others from party

Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar asserted that he is the chief of NCP on July 6. Mr. Sharad Pawar was addressing the media following NCP’s working committee meeting. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met the NCP veteran in an apparent show of support amid rebellion.

Dynamite News

Maharashtra Politics: With Kattappa-Bahubali poster, NCP student wing takes ‘gaddar’ jibe at Ajit Pawar

The student wing of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) strung up a poster outside the Delhi office depicting the iconic betrayal scene from the film Baahubali. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Rumours that Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde will resign being deliberately planted, say Shinde-led Shiv Sena

Uday Samant hinted that the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA coalition of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena faction, the Congress and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP) were spreading these rumours out of despair at their present situation.

The Hindu

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale meets Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar

Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale met Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at the latter’s residence in Mumbai on July 6 and said Mr. Pawar’s support to the NDA will “further weaken” the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi.

The Hindu

We made the move after consulting legal experts to avoid disqualification: Bhujbal

Senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal said the recent developments in the party happened after legal experts were consulted to escape disqualification.

The Hindu

Maharashtra NCP crisis | ‘Tamasha’ not democracy, says Kapil Sibal

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on July 6, 2023 dubbed the political developments in Maharashtra as a “tamasha”, and said the law seems to allow it.

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