Maratha job quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Friday got angry at a Fadnavis government delegation led by BJP leader Prasad Lad and Minister of Water Resources Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, which reached his residence in Antarwali Sarati village, Jalna district, Maharashtra, hoping to persuade him against a hunger strike from Saturday, May 30 as planned.
Chief Minister Fadnavis said here on Wednesday that continuous electoral defeats may have affected Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's mental balance.
Congress on Thursday withdrew its Baramati candidate, advocate Akash More, from the by-election against Ajit Pawar-led NCP leader and Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar following appeals by several political leaders and a phone call from Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to State Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal.
While Pune district has secured the highest overall allocation in the District Annual Plan (DAP) for the 2026-27 financial year, Nagpur -- the home district of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis -- has recorded the most significant funding increase.
However, BJP spokesperson Navnath Ban responded to Sule's letter by accusing the Sharad Pawar-led NCP of providing political patronage to those accused of narcotics trafficking.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has dropped Deputy CM Eknath Shinde's close aide Ajay Ashar from Maharashtra's equivalent of NITI Aayog called Maharashtra Institution for Transformation (MITRA), bringing tensions within the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti government to the fore.
He said that though Damania met Ajit Pawar late Monday evening and gave him some documents, but nobody asked him to resign. "I will not speak about resignation. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will respond." Munde said.
The Maharashtra chief minister was reacting to the comments of leaders of the Opposition on the law and order situation in the city in the wake of the stabbing of the actor.
Dhananjay Deshmukh, the younger brother of murdered Massajog village Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh withdrew his recent petition on Tuesday, which he had filed at the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court earlier, even as the Deshmukh family is scheduled to meet Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday night in Mumbai
On Wednesday Fadnavis had said, "Where do these sons of Aurangzeb come from? Who are behind this? We will find this out."
