Key Points
Amidst the whole coup surrounding Ajit Pawar and eight MLAs joining the NDA, senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised Ajit Pawar the post of Maharashtra chief minister...
"I had spoken about it (that Ajit Pawar may go with BJP) publicly but I faced criticism," PTI quoted Chavan in an interaction with media in Karad on Monday.. The Congress leader said he knew this was happening...
In a major political upset, Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar on Sunday 'split' the Nationalist Congress Party to take oath as Deputy Chief Minister in the ruling alliance of Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis...
On Sunday, Ajit Pawar's move to join the ruling Eknath Shinde-BJP coalition leading a vertical split in the NCP, changing dynamics of Maharashtra's politics...
With the changing political dynamics in Maharashtra, Maharashtra is likely to see two Shiv Sena factions as well as two of the NCP battle it out for political space along with the Congress and BJP in the Lok Sabha and the state Assembly polls next year...
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