Maharashtra Assembly Polls

The Election Commission on Monday allowed the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar to accept donations keeping in mind the forthcoming assembly polls in Maharashtra.

There is no scope for an alliance between the Congress and the AAP for assembly polls in Haryana and Delhi but the INDIA bloc will fight elections together in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday.

NCP leader Amol Mitkari has sparked speculation regarding the possibility of the Mahayuti members contesting the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls independently if each constituent insists on demanding 100 seats, drawing the ire of BJP.

The NCP (SP) agreed to contest fewer seats than its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies during the Lok Sabha elections but the situation would be different in the assembly polls, a party leader has quoted its supremo Sharad Pawar as saying.

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the Opposition MVA alliance outperformed the ruling coalition in 155 assembly segments in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha elections, and it indicated the people's "mood" as state polls are around the corner.

Both Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar have clearly emerged as the winners in the legacy battles for their respective parties.

It hasn't even been two weeks since the Lok Sabha polls concluded, after which PM Narendra Modi took the oath of office for a third consecutive term, but the BJP has already begun preparing for Assembly polls later this year.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray today asked the party workers to be prepared to contest 225-250 out of the 288 seats of the Maharashtra assembly in the coming elections, a senior party leader said.

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar today said it would be his endeavour to "take control of Maharashtra", for which his party must win the state assembly polls scheduled later this year.

Three days after it stunned the BJP and the breakaway factions of the Shiv Sena and the NCP by emerging as the single largest party in Maharashtra in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections, the Congress has set its sights on the next target.

The challenge for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is maintaining its tally and preventing any significant slippage in this phase.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said he was mocked for his 2019 Assembly poll campaign punchline "I will be back" but asserted he returned to power after breaking two parties.

Election Results 2023: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said, "The people's decision is always supreme." He questioned, "If EVMs are to be blamed in these three states (MP, Rajasthan, and Telangana), what about Telangana?"

As the Election Commission of India results indicated a commanding lead of BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday credited the double-engine BJP government for the party's success in the states.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Saturday said there have been no talks regarding seat-sharing among members of the state's ruling alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections.

The Election Commission on Monday allowed the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar to accept donations keeping in mind the forthcoming assembly polls in Maharashtra.

There is no scope for an alliance between the Congress and the AAP for assembly polls in Haryana and Delhi but the INDIA bloc will fight elections together in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday.

NCP leader Amol Mitkari has sparked speculation regarding the possibility of the Mahayuti members contesting the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls independently if each constituent insists on demanding 100 seats, drawing the ire of BJP.

The NCP (SP) agreed to contest fewer seats than its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies during the Lok Sabha elections but the situation would be different in the assembly polls, a party leader has quoted its supremo Sharad Pawar as saying.

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the Opposition MVA alliance outperformed the ruling coalition in 155 assembly segments in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha elections, and it indicated the people's "mood" as state polls are around the corner.

Both Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar have clearly emerged as the winners in the legacy battles for their respective parties.

It hasn't even been two weeks since the Lok Sabha polls concluded, after which PM Narendra Modi took the oath of office for a third consecutive term, but the BJP has already begun preparing for Assembly polls later this year.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray today asked the party workers to be prepared to contest 225-250 out of the 288 seats of the Maharashtra assembly in the coming elections, a senior party leader said.

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar today said it would be his endeavour to "take control of Maharashtra", for which his party must win the state assembly polls scheduled later this year.

Three days after it stunned the BJP and the breakaway factions of the Shiv Sena and the NCP by emerging as the single largest party in Maharashtra in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections, the Congress has set its sights on the next target.

The challenge for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is maintaining its tally and preventing any significant slippage in this phase.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said he was mocked for his 2019 Assembly poll campaign punchline "I will be back" but asserted he returned to power after breaking two parties.

Election Results 2023: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said, "The people's decision is always supreme." He questioned, "If EVMs are to be blamed in these three states (MP, Rajasthan, and Telangana), what about Telangana?"

As the Election Commission of India results indicated a commanding lead of BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday credited the double-engine BJP government for the party's success in the states.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Saturday said there have been no talks regarding seat-sharing among members of the state's ruling alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections.