Sena-bjp Alliance

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Monday said that Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will contest the Maharashtra assembly and Lok Sabha polls together to defeat the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance.

Speculation was that Devendra Fadnavis would take the top post in the Shinde Sena-BJP alliance, and Eknath Shinde would be his deputy.

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday said the BJP and the Shiv Sena can come together if the former agrees to give the Uddhav Thackeray-led party the post of Maharashtra chief minister for a full five-year term.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today scotched speculation about his party's possible alliance with the BJP with a witty repartee. Asked about the matter, he told journalists,

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, normally seen spearheading the BJPs attack on the Uddhav Thackeray government, on Sunday declared the Shiv Sena was "never" an "enemy".

In a public row within Maharashtra's ruling coalition, the Shiv Sena's efforts to project unity have been blunted by another Congress googly. Next time, the alliance will have a "Congress Chief Minister", the party's Prithviraj Chavan has said.

A day after the deputy mayor of Aurangabad in Maharashtra submitted his resignation to the municipal commissioner following the state government's stay on a water supply project, 31 other corporators, mostly from the BJP, followed suit on Saturday.

BJP's Maharashtra unit chief Chandrakant Patil on Saturday said that his party was compelled to form the government in the state since its ally Shiv Sena betrayed the mandate.

The Shiv Sena on Saturday needled its warring ally BJP, which has failed to stake claim to form a government in Maharashtra, apparently due to lack of numbers, even a fortnight after the assembly poll verdict.

The Shiv Sena on Monday said the intricacies of government formation in Maharashtra should not push rain-hit farmers towards existential crisis and demanded that they be provided relief package of about Rs 30,000 crore.

Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut reached out to Ajit Pawar - Sharad Pawar's nephew and a leader of his Nationalist Congress Party -- after the party gave an ultimatum of sorts to the BJP. In an article in party mouthpiece Saamna, the Sena today declared that the party would look for an alternative if the BJP was not ready to accept its demand fo...

The Shiv Sena today hardened its stance as its face-off with the BJP over the Maharashtra Chief Minister's post entered its 10th day, saying they will explore other options if the BJP was not ready to meet its demands. The Sena will not "blink first", the party declared in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana.

In the middle of its tussle with the BJP over power-sharing in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena on Monday cautioned its long-time ally that it must not be pushed into exploring alternatives and that "no one is a saint" in politics.

The Shiv Sena and BJP have increased their tally in the coastal district of Raigad by winning five of the total seven assembly constituencies in the just concluded elections in Maharashtra.

The BJP and Shiv Sena are still negotiating a seat-sharing deal for next month's assembly election in Maharashtra, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday, after it was reported that the two parties have come to an understanding over seat division and the BJP is getting more seats than its ally.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Monday said that Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will contest the Maharashtra assembly and Lok Sabha polls together to defeat the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance.

Speculation was that Devendra Fadnavis would take the top post in the Shinde Sena-BJP alliance, and Eknath Shinde would be his deputy.

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday said the BJP and the Shiv Sena can come together if the former agrees to give the Uddhav Thackeray-led party the post of Maharashtra chief minister for a full five-year term.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today scotched speculation about his party's possible alliance with the BJP with a witty repartee. Asked about the matter, he told journalists,

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, normally seen spearheading the BJPs attack on the Uddhav Thackeray government, on Sunday declared the Shiv Sena was "never" an "enemy".

In a public row within Maharashtra's ruling coalition, the Shiv Sena's efforts to project unity have been blunted by another Congress googly. Next time, the alliance will have a "Congress Chief Minister", the party's Prithviraj Chavan has said.

A day after the deputy mayor of Aurangabad in Maharashtra submitted his resignation to the municipal commissioner following the state government's stay on a water supply project, 31 other corporators, mostly from the BJP, followed suit on Saturday.

BJP's Maharashtra unit chief Chandrakant Patil on Saturday said that his party was compelled to form the government in the state since its ally Shiv Sena betrayed the mandate.

The Shiv Sena on Saturday needled its warring ally BJP, which has failed to stake claim to form a government in Maharashtra, apparently due to lack of numbers, even a fortnight after the assembly poll verdict.

The Shiv Sena on Monday said the intricacies of government formation in Maharashtra should not push rain-hit farmers towards existential crisis and demanded that they be provided relief package of about Rs 30,000 crore.

Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut reached out to Ajit Pawar - Sharad Pawar's nephew and a leader of his Nationalist Congress Party -- after the party gave an ultimatum of sorts to the BJP. In an article in party mouthpiece Saamna, the Sena today declared that the party would look for an alternative if the BJP was not ready to accept its demand fo...

The Shiv Sena today hardened its stance as its face-off with the BJP over the Maharashtra Chief Minister's post entered its 10th day, saying they will explore other options if the BJP was not ready to meet its demands. The Sena will not "blink first", the party declared in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana.

In the middle of its tussle with the BJP over power-sharing in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena on Monday cautioned its long-time ally that it must not be pushed into exploring alternatives and that "no one is a saint" in politics.

The Shiv Sena and BJP have increased their tally in the coastal district of Raigad by winning five of the total seven assembly constituencies in the just concluded elections in Maharashtra.

The BJP and Shiv Sena are still negotiating a seat-sharing deal for next month's assembly election in Maharashtra, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday, after it was reported that the two parties have come to an understanding over seat division and the BJP is getting more seats than its ally.