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Maharashtra: SC notice to assembly speaker on plea to expedite disqualification petitions against CM Eknath Shinde, other MLAs

Senior lawyer, Devadatt Kamat, appearing for Mr Prabhu, said that the state speaker has been sitting over and was not taking a decision appropriately in this matter. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC notice to Maharashtra Speaker on Thaackeray camp plea of deliberate delay in disqualification proceedings against CM Shinde, others

SC issues notice to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker in petition by Uddhav Thackeray loyalists accusing him of delaying disqualification proceedings against CM Eknath Shinde. Petitioners urge SC to direct Speaker to decide the disqualification petitions expeditiously or decide them itself.

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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.

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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".

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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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Uddhav accuses BJP of 'splitting' other parties as it wasn't confident of winning polls on its own

Uddhav Thackeray, who was on a tour of Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, also accused the BJP-led Centre of raising issues like the Uniform Civil Code ahead of polls just to divert the attention of people for electoral gains.

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.

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Supreme Court to hear on July 31 Uddhav Thackeray’s plea to quash ECI order giving Shiv Sena name, symbol to Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde faction

The Supreme Court on July 10 agreed to hear on July 31 a petition filed by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray challenging an Election Commission of India order allotting the party name ‘Shiv Sena’ and symbol ‘bow and arrow’ to the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

The Hindu

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

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

Maharashtra: Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar issues notices to all Shiv Sena MLAs over disqualification issue

The Speaker said that hearing on the disqualification petitions against 16 Shiv Sena MLAs including chief minister Eknath Shinde will start soon. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Another jolt to Uddhav camp as veteran leader Neelam Gorhe joins ruling Eknath Shinde faction

In a major setback for the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), veteran Shiv Sena leader Neelam Gorhe, who is Deputy Chairperson of Maharashtra Legislative Council, joined Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s rival Sena faction on Friday.

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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

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.

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Pawar vs Pawar: Ajit wins round one against uncle with 29 MLAs in ‘show of strength’

The battle of Pawar vs Pawar in Maharashtra intensified today with both sides engaging in shows of strength in Mumbai. The faction led by Ajit Pawar met at Bandra’s Mumbai Education Trust, while supporters of Sharad Pawar gathered at YB Chavan Centre at Nariman Point.

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"Party symbol is not going anywhere...people, workers are with us": Sharad Pawar at crucial meeting amid NCP crisis

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, who is battling a crisis in the party triggered by his nephew Ajit Pawar joining the Shinde-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra, said at a crucial party meeting here that the NCP symbol is "not going anywhere" and that they were not hungry for power…

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Only Mehul Choksi, Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya now left to be inducted into BJP: Shiv Sena (UBT)

Days after Nationalist Congress party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar joined the Maharashtra government, the Shiv Sena (UBT) claimed that only alleged economic offenders Mehul Choksi, Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya were left to be inducted into the BJP.

The Hindu

As Ajit Pawar attends first Cabinet meet post-rebellion, resentment in Shinde group over NCP swallowing portfolios

the resentment of a section of leaders from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction against Mr. Pawar’s NCP group grew more pronounced as the impending portfolio allocation threatened to snuff out their Ministerial ambitions.

The Hindu

Maharashtra political crisis | Those who betrayed my ideology have no right to use my photo: Sharad Pawar

NCP president Sharad Pawar said that those who had “betrayed” his ideology had no right to use his photograph after his nephew Ajit inaugurated the new NCP party office in Mumbai

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Uddhav Thackeray group moves SC for expeditious decision on disqualification petitions against Shinde camp MLAs

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) party MLA Sunil Prabhu on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker to take an expeditious decision on the disqualification petitions pending against rebel Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Amidst NCP split, Thackeray camp moves SC against Speaker for delaying disqualification hearings against Shinde

The petition, filed in the top court amidst the ongoing churn in Maharashtra politics following Ajit Pawar’s split from NCP to join the Shinde Cabinet as Deputy Chief Minister, said Speakers should “rise above their political affiliations” while performing the duties of the office.

The Hindu

Smoke and mirrors: on the political games in Maharashtra

Ajit Pawar’s defection is hardly the final act in the ongoing drama in Maharashra politics

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