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NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday raised serious doubts over the sudden and “suspicious” death of NCP chief and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, saying “something is dubious” and calling for a thorough investigation into the plane crash that killed the leader last week in Baramati.Drawing a parallel with the…
NEW DELHI: After speculations over the merger of both the factions of NCP after Ajit Pawar death in a plane crash, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that he was not aware of Ajit Pawar’s talks with his uncle Sharad Pawar.Pointing out that Ajit Pawar shared everything with him, Fadnavis questioned the possibility of talks…
NEW DELHI: In Shakespeare’s classic Hamlet, the protagonist is torn by a dilemma over avenging his father’s death by killing his uncle Claudius. A similar Hamletian dilemma appears to have gripped Sharad Pawar over the merger of the two factions of the NCP after his nephew Ajit Pawar’s death in a plane crash.While talking to…
Maharashtra politics has rarely been short of convulsions, but even by the state’s turbulent standards, the untimely demise of deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar in the January 28 plane crash has thrown up a new challenge to the coastal state’s already fragile political equilibrium. The loss of Ajit ‘Dada’…
NEW DELHI: Sunetra Pawar took oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra from the NCP quota on Saturday, days after her husband Ajit Pawar was killed in a plane crash.Sunetra was clad in a white saree as she took the oath to replace her husband amid the chants of “Ajit dada amar rahe.” Sunetra…
File photo: Sharad Pawar (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday made a significant revelation about the future of the Nationalist Congress Party, saying that talks to merge the two rival NCP factions were already underway and had progressed to an advanced stage before the sudden death of his nephew…
Mumbai: Rajya Sabha MP Sunetra Pawar (62) is set to become Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister, filling the shoes of her late husband, Ajit Pawar, who was killed in an air crash on Wednesday. She is expected to be sworn in on Saturday, making her the first woman to occupy the post in the state. NCP…
Who will be Ajit Pawar’s political successor? NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday that it is up to the NCP to choose its next leader following the untimely demise of party chief and Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar.The BJP leader added that both his party and the state government would support…
Sharad Pawar, Sunetra Pawar & Supriya Sule NEW DELHI: The sudden death of Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Ajit Pawar in a plane crash has triggered fresh churn in the state’s politics, reopening talks of a reunification of the two NCP factions led by the Pawars.The rumoured merger of the…
Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Was Ajit ‘dada’ Pawar considering an NCP merger before his death? A close aide said he was “100% keen.”The sudden death of Maharashtra deputy chief minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on Wednesday has left a political vacuum in the state’s…
