Maharashtra Opposition

Maharashtra Top Cop Rashmi Shukla Transferred Days Before Polls, Opposition Had Alleged She Tapped Phones

Hitting out at the opposition after Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Arvind Sawant made a derogatory remark against her, Shaina NC has said while the MP has apologised, Sanjay Raut has justified the statement.

Former opposition leader in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and city Congress veteran Ravi Raja joined the BJP ahead of the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls.

The assembly election in Maharashtra this year has gone off script, with no clarity on which party is contesting how many seats in the ruling alliance or the opposition front.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, after filing his nomination today, took a dig at the opposition when asked about Opposition allegations against the state government ahead of the coming election regarding women-oriented schemes like "Ladki B

The Maharashtra Assembly elections are just over a month away and the opposition MahaVikas Aghadi has firmed up seat sharing on 263 of the state's 288 Assembly constituencies, sources told NDTV.

With half a dozen key players post splits in the Shiv Sena and NCP, a fragmented polity, Maratha quota stir and a spirited opposition, Maharashtra will see a riveting contest in the assembly polls amid dramatic changes since the last elections.

Elections for 288 assembly seats of Maharashtra will be held on November 20. The counting of votes will take place three days later, the Election Commission announced this afternoon, setting off the countdown to the year's last key election.

The Opposition in Maharashtra on Tuesday said the 35-day period during which the Assembly elections process will take place is shorter than usual while the Election Commission gave enough time to the government to announce a slew of schemes.

The move, which comes into effect from midnight tonight, instantly sparked an outcry from the opposition, which called the toll waiver an election sop.

After veteran NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead near his son's office in Mumbai's Bandra last night, a political slugfest has erupted over the killing between the ruling BJP and Opposition parties.

Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole said on Wednesday that the opposition alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi will make an announcement on several constituencies for the Maharashtra Assembly elections before Dussehra.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday claimed that BJP leaders had been directed in a closed-door meeting to break the Opposition ranks and target himself and NCP (SP) leader Sharad Pawar.

The death of Akshay Shinde -- the man accused of raping two four-year-olds in Badlapur -- in police firing this evening is snowballing into a controversy ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday slammed the opposition for objecting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud's house for Lord Ganesha puja.

Maharashtra Top Cop Rashmi Shukla Transferred Days Before Polls, Opposition Had Alleged She Tapped Phones

Hitting out at the opposition after Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Arvind Sawant made a derogatory remark against her, Shaina NC has said while the MP has apologised, Sanjay Raut has justified the statement.

Former opposition leader in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and city Congress veteran Ravi Raja joined the BJP ahead of the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls.

The assembly election in Maharashtra this year has gone off script, with no clarity on which party is contesting how many seats in the ruling alliance or the opposition front.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, after filing his nomination today, took a dig at the opposition when asked about Opposition allegations against the state government ahead of the coming election regarding women-oriented schemes like "Ladki B

The Maharashtra Assembly elections are just over a month away and the opposition MahaVikas Aghadi has firmed up seat sharing on 263 of the state's 288 Assembly constituencies, sources told NDTV.

With half a dozen key players post splits in the Shiv Sena and NCP, a fragmented polity, Maratha quota stir and a spirited opposition, Maharashtra will see a riveting contest in the assembly polls amid dramatic changes since the last elections.

Elections for 288 assembly seats of Maharashtra will be held on November 20. The counting of votes will take place three days later, the Election Commission announced this afternoon, setting off the countdown to the year's last key election.

The Opposition in Maharashtra on Tuesday said the 35-day period during which the Assembly elections process will take place is shorter than usual while the Election Commission gave enough time to the government to announce a slew of schemes.

The move, which comes into effect from midnight tonight, instantly sparked an outcry from the opposition, which called the toll waiver an election sop.

After veteran NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead near his son's office in Mumbai's Bandra last night, a political slugfest has erupted over the killing between the ruling BJP and Opposition parties.

Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole said on Wednesday that the opposition alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi will make an announcement on several constituencies for the Maharashtra Assembly elections before Dussehra.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday claimed that BJP leaders had been directed in a closed-door meeting to break the Opposition ranks and target himself and NCP (SP) leader Sharad Pawar.

The death of Akshay Shinde -- the man accused of raping two four-year-olds in Badlapur -- in police firing this evening is snowballing into a controversy ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday slammed the opposition for objecting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud's house for Lord Ganesha puja.