What next for Ajit Pawar’s NCP, focus now on his 40 MLAs
These are difficult times for both Ajit Pawar’s NCP and his uncle Sharad Pawar’s rival faction the NCP (SP)
These are difficult times for both Ajit Pawar’s NCP and his uncle Sharad Pawar’s rival faction the NCP (SP)
The Maharashtra CM said that the Mahayuti will ensure the supply of clean drinking water and the creation of employment opportunities for the youth.
Of the total 2,869 seats, the BJP faces no opponents on 44 seats, while the Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP are uncontested on 22 and two seats, respectively.
Athawale, a key alliance partner of the BJP-led NDA at the Centre, said the RPI was "ignored" by the BJP.
The Prime Minister stated that the victory of the BJP-led alliance in the Maharashtra local body elections "reflects the public’s confidence in our people-centric vision of development."
In the Opposition’s Maha Vikas Aghadi, the Congress was leading in 32 local bodies, followed by NCP–SCP with nine and Shiv Sena (UBT) with eight.
He added that in places where seat-sharing arrangements are yet to be finalized, the alliance partners will take appropriate decisions .
Maharashtra Congress President Harshwardhan Sapkal and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray strongly criticized the BJP-led Mahayuti ruling alliance on Monday, after heavy rains led to widespread waterlogging across Mumbai.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the MLAs of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance running the Maharashtra government during his visit to Mumbai on Wednesday and gave them the mantra of "good governance", shortly after he commissioned two warships and a submarine to the nation at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
The shadow of 'Operation Lotus' which has allegedly been launched by the BJP seems to have grown larger after NCP (Sharad Pawar) MP Bajrang Sonawane met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday in Delhi, while seven Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena MPs met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.
