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  • Shiv Sena Releases First List For Maharashtra Polls, Nominates Eknath Shinde From Kopri-Pachpakhadi.

    The Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena released the first list of candidates on Tuesday for the coming Maharashtra assembly elections. The party nominated Chief Minister Eknath Shinde from Kopri-Pachpakhadi.

    According to the candidates list released, the Shinde Sena has nominated Sadanand Shankar Sarvankar for the Mahim seat in Mumbai, where he will compete against Amit Thackeray, son of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray.

    Shiv Sena releases a list of 45 candidates for the upcoming #MaharashtraAssemblyElections2024.

    CM Eknath Shinde to contest from Kopri-Pachpakhadi Assembly constituency

    Sada Sarvankar fielded from Mahim against Raj Thackeray’s son Amit Thackeray pic.twitter.com/HdVhJEfawM — ANI (@ANI) October 22, 2024

    As per ECI, the assembly elections in Maharashtra are scheduled to be held in only one phase on November 20 and counting for all the seats will take place on November 23.

  • My three generations never paid farm electricity bills: Shiv Sena MP

    Union minister and Shiv Sena leader Prataprao Jadhav on Saturday claimed his three generations, including himself, never paid farm electricity bills.

    “I am a farmer. We haven’t paid bills for the last three generations. My grandfather’s (water) pumps are still there. “Neither my grandfather and my father, nor I paid the farm electricity bills,” said the Minister of State for Ayush and Health and Family Welfare.

    He was speaking at an event on a farm electricity bills waiver scheme, one of the flagship initiatives launched by the Eknath Shinde government. Jadhav, who represents Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency, said if the distribution panel (DP) burnt, he would give Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 to the engineer concerned to install a new one.

    The Chief Minister Baliraja Free Electricity Scheme 2024 provides free electricity to farmers who use agricultural pumps with a capacity of up to 7.5 horsepower.

  • Vande Bharat trains: Third eye: New trains and an MLA on track, let’s see who’s prayers are heard, and no showcasing of show cause

    New trains and an MLA on track: While PM Narendra Modi flagged off several Vande Bharat trains on Sunday from Jamshedpur, some MPs and MLAs decided to flag off the trains on their arrival at stations falling in their constituencies. When newly launched Agra Varanasi Vande Bharat Express reached Etawah junction, BJP and Samajwadi Party leaders started jostling to flag off the train and get pictures clicked. In this, Etawah Sadar BJP MLA Sarita Bhadoria fell on the railway track. The loco pilot was immediately informed to stop the train and the MLA was pulled up to safety by party workers.Let’s see who’s prayers are heardMaharashtra minister Shambhuraj Desai and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Ambadas Danve met each other when they came almost at the same time to pray at Dagdusheth Ganpati Temple in Pune a few days back. Desai later claimed that he prayed for Eknath Shinde to be the next chief minister again. Danve, in turn, claimed that the people of the state are wishing for Uddhav to be the next chief minister.No showcasing of show causeWith Disciplinary Action Committee of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee’s show causing five leaders, including three MLAs, for breach of party discipline. Irritating the leaders and its supporters, the party has decided to refrain from publicly announcing such show cause decisions. APCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah said this was an internal matter, and it is quite disappointing to know that this surfaced before the media. The party has now mandated such show cause notice will remain an internal matter and there will be no press statement.

  • Third Eye: From new Parliament entry issues to seed papers at Amrit Udyan

    No Pass, No EntryFormer parliamentarians are not allowed to enter the new Parliament using their Icard. A pass, issued at the reception, is a must to enter the building and this has irked several former MPs from BJP and other parties. In the previous Parliament, now rechristened as ‘Samvidhan Sadan’, former parliamentarians never needed a pass to gain entry, their Icard was more than enough.Messaging via MovieMaharashtra’s politicians have now taken to moviemaking to hit out at their opponents. After a sequel on the late Anand Dighe, CM Eknath Shinde’s mentor, Sanjay Raut of Shiv Sena (UBT) has declared that he will make a new movie and name it “Namak Haram Part II”. Incidentally, Sena (UBT) has labeled Shinde and his faction ‘namak haram’ (backstabber) and traitors. Seed Papers at Amrit UdyanAstone abacus, sound pipe and music wall are among the key attractions in the famed Amrit Udyan inside Rashtrapati Bhavan, which will open for public viewing from Friday. Visitors to Amrit Udyan will also be given ‘seed papers’ — a unique and ecofriendly memento — infused with seeds of Tulsi plant, a senior official said. President Murmu will inaugurate Amrit Udyan on Wednesday and the garden will remain open for the public from Friday till September 15, from 10 am to 6 pm.

  • Either you will remain or me: Uddhav Thackeray to Devendra Fadnavis

    Ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday warned BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis saying, “Either you will remain or me.”Addressing party workers in Mumbai, Thackeray claimed that Fadnavis was trying to implicate him and his son Aaditya Thackeray in false cases. “Devendra Fadnavis conspired in a number of ways to put me and Aaditya in prison. They have attacked my family. However, I have endured it and stood resolutely still…Now either you will remain or me,” said Thackeray in his address. to Mumbai’s Shakha Pramukhs in Bandra. Thackeray was referring to allegations made recently by former Maharashtra home minister and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) faction leader Anil Deshmukh that Fadnavis had tried to “pressurise him to implicate” the Thackerays and Ajit Pawar in fake cases. Deshmukh claimed that he was asked to do so in order to avoid getting entangled in the Enforcement Directorate case filed against him for allegedly demanding ₹100 crore from bar owners and other establishments.

    Incidentally, Fadnavis had also earlier alleged that when the MVA government was in power with Thackeray as the CM, there were attempts to put him in prison under a conspiracy along with some police officials from Mumbai.

  • Triple Trouble: BJP Faces Seat Sharing Hurdle For Maharashtra Assembly Polls After Lok Sabha Debacle.

    Maharashtra is one of the four poll-bound states going to the elections in the coming month. After facing a debacle in the Lok Sabha polls, the ruling Mahayuti (NDA) consisting of BJP, Shiv Sena-Shinde and NCP-Ajit Pawar is facing a tough challenge to retain power in the Maharashtra assembly elections. In the Lok Sabha elections, the Mahayti bagged only 17 seats out of the total 48 while the opposition party bagged 30 seats.

    The Maharashtra assembly has 288 members and the majority mark is 145. In the current assembly, the Mahayuti has 201 MLAs while the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) of Congress, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) – have 67 MLAs.

    Now, the three parties – BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP – are looking to strike a seat-sharing deal for the upcoming assembly polls. However, the battle for constituencies has intensified as parties gear up for the upcoming elections. Reports indicate that the BJP aims to contest at least 150 seats, leaving 138 seats for the two allies.

    However, the Shiv Sena, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, is targeting a minimum of 100 seats. Therefore, the NCP could get only 38 seats but the Ajit Pawar-led faction is not willing to settle for less than 80 seats.

    Securing these numbers is crucial, particularly as the coalition is still reeling from its disappointing performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections. In that contest, the coalition won only 17 of the state’s 48 seats, falling short against the Maha Vikas Aghadi, which secured 30 seats.

    Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde are meeting the top BJP leadership including Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the seat-sharing issue and resolve the difference. Finalizing the seats is also important thus to have an early advantage over the MVA which has been in the campaign mode after the Lok Sabha poll boost.

  • Third eye: Smoking out the plot, difficult to fathom, and bamboo business

    Smoking out the plotThe management of an educational institution in Maharashtra’s Saswad was stunned when it invited former Shiv Sena MLA and exminister Vijay Shivtare to address students. He began by saying that in his childhood he wanted to be like Dhirubhai Ambani but was “very mischievous” and used to “steal money to smoke beedis till he collapsed” and all that was when he was in the “fourth standard”. Shivtare’s speech has raised a lot of eyebrows and it joins a long list of gaffes by Shiv Sena leaders. Difficult to fathomOpposition leader R Ashoka has claimed that CM Siddaramaiah engineered the defeat of Congress candidate DK Suresh in Bengaluru Rural to cut his brother and deputy CM DK Shivakumar to size. But the claim has not gone down well within sections of BJP leaders because CN Manjunath won by an impressive margin of 2.69 lakh votes riding what they believe is a Modi wave. So, now they are scratching their heads, unable to understand Ashoka’s analysis.Bamboo businessDuring a recent event, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde spoke about the importance of planting trees and said that some are planting bamboo, which too is good for the environment as it gives a a lot of oxygen. Then, with a wink, he said that some people should also be given this bamboo (stick treatment). Shinde did not name anyone, but he indicated that he was referring to Sanjay Raut, member of Parliament representing the Uddhav Thackerayled party.

  • NDA meeting: Decadesold NDA a natural alliance: Modi

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised at the first NDA parliamentary party meeting of the 18th Lok Sabha on Friday that the grouping has lasted over three decades because it is an “organic alliance” dedicated to nationbuilding. Modi, who will lead a coalition government for the first time in his career, noted that the NDA has lasted over 30 years and is India’s most successful prepoll coalition. “NDA has the majority, but consensus is more important to run the country. We shall strive for success and leave no stone unturned. An honest review of the NDA reveals a commitment to nationbuilding rather than going after power. NDA is organic,” the prime minister said. Equal significance of all partners and working together, not for “photo ops” but at the grassroots is a primary factor that has led to NDA’s growth. “There should be an airtight bond between the regional and national aspirations for the country to grow,” he said.AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther States TDP Chief NChandrababu Naidu, Bihar Chief Minister and JDU head Nitish Kumar, Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena (Shinde) President Eknath Shinde, Chirag Paswan (LJPRV), HD Kumaraswamy (JDS), Ajit Pawar (NCP), Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAMS), Anupriya Patel (APS), and Pawan Kalyan (JSP) shared the dais with Modi and endorsed him as prime minister of the next government. The prime minister insisted that the common thread for the NDA constituents has been good governance. “NDA is synonymous with good governance. Garib Kalyan (welfare of the poor) has been at the centre for all of us for me as chief minister, Babu (Naidu) in Andhra Pradesh and Nitish Kumar in Bihar. The country has ‘lived’ this alliance. There was a big void which we have filled. We have moved with the mantra of sabka vikas,” he said. Looking ahead at “another ten years”, the prime minister assured that the NDA will strive to usher in good governance, development, quality of life for citizens and his own “dream” that the less interference there is of the government in the life of the middle and upper class the better. “All this can be achieved with the help of technology… We will write a new chapter of good.”

    He took jibes at the Opposition on the EVMs controversy during the elections and charged that the INDIA parties are against technology.

    “Is EVM alive or dead?” the prime minister asked the MPs, inviting laughter and thumping of desks. He alleged that the Opposition had decided beforehand that they cannot trust the EVMs and he apprehended they would take out a “death procession or a march” against it on counting day

  • What Milind Deora Said About Congress From Shiv Sena’s Dias |

    Milind Deora, senior Congress leader, today severed his and his family’s five-decade-old ties with the party and joined Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. After joining Sena, Deora said that the Congress party today opposes everything said by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also said that the grand old party has lost the path of constructive politics.

    Milind Deora also said that a strong government is needed at the Center and States in India. “It is a matter of pride for all of us that under the leadership of PM Modi, India is stronger today…I would like to add that in the last 10 years not one terror attack has happened in Mumbai. This is a major achievement for Mumbaikars,” said Deora.

    He further said, “The same party that used to offer constructive suggestions to this country, on how to take the country forward, has now just one goal – speak against whatever PM Modi says and does. Tomorrow, if he says that Congress is a very good party, they will oppose it. I believe in the politics of GAIN – Growth, Aspiration, Inclusivity and Nationalism. I don’t believe in the politics of PAIN – Personal Attacks, Injustice and Negativity.”

    #WATCH | After joining Shiv Sena, Milind Deora says, “I have been receiving a lot of phone calls since morning that why did I sever 55-year-old ties of my family with Congress party…I was loyal to the party during its most challenging decade. Unfortunately, today’s Congress is… pic.twitter.com/PVU6SdibOv — ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2024

    Deora further said that the same party that once ushered in economic reforms is today abusing industrialists, and businessmen and calling businessmen ‘anti-nationals’.

    Deora said that he has received many calls over his decision. “I was loyal to the party during its most challenging decade. Unfortunately, today’s Congress is very different from the Congress of 1968 as well as that of 2004. Had Congress and UBT given importance to constructive & positive suggestions and merit & capability, Eknath Shinde and I wouldn’t have been here. Eknath Shinde had to make a major decision, I had to make a major decision,” he said.

    Deora reportedly quit Congress after the grand old party agreed to leave the Mumbai South seat for Sena-UBT. Sena-UBT won the seat in 2019 when it was in alliance with the BJP. Now, it’s likely that Deora may contest the seat on the Shinde-Sena ticket.

  • Ahead of polls, Aditya Thackeray joins Kamal Nath and son in unveiling Shivaji statue in MP

    By Express News Service

    BHOPAL: With simply two months left for meeting polls in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray’s household has entered the poll-bound state in help of as soon as its largest foe, however now it’s Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) accomplice Congress.

    The Thackeray household’s third era, former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s ex-minister son Aditya Thackeray addressed a mega rally in Pandhurna meeting phase of poll-bound MP’s largest district Chhindwara on Friday.

    Chhindwara, importantly has been state Congress chief and former CM Kamal Nath’s bastion since 1980. While his son Nakul Nath is at the moment the Chhindwara MP, all eight meeting segments are represented by the Congress, together with the Chhindwara meeting phase having Kamal Nath as its MLA.

    The younger Shiv Sena (Uddhav) faction chief joined Kamal Nath and Nath’s first-time MP son Nakul Nath in unveiling the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Chhindwara’s Pandhurna space, which neighbours Maharashtra’s Nagpur district.

    Addressing the gathering replete with saffron flags, Aditya Thackeray raised the problems of inflation and farmers to plight because of poor and extreme rainfall which is troubling farmers of each the neighbouring states, dominated by BJP and allies. While terming Maharashtra CM and his outdated social gathering colleague Eknath Shinde as “illegal CM,” the Thackeray Jr drew parallels between how the Congress and MVA governments in MP and Maharashtra respectively had been pulled down by the BJP. “Real Shivshahi will be ushered in MP only, after the unjust rule of BJP is ended in the state. We’re eagerly awaiting Kamal Nath Saheb to return as MP CM. Please tell me the date when you (Nath) will take oath as CM again.”

    Recounting the endeared bond between his social gathering and Nath, Thackeray mentioned, “be it during the MVA regime, when I was a minister in Maharashtra or now, Kamal Nath Saheb has always stood connected with us, enquiring whether everything is going smoothly with the Congress or not.”

    Recounting his assembly with the Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray through the days of Emergency, Nath mentioned, “Aditya wasn’t even born at that time. I still remember Sanjay Gandhi sending me to Balasaheb to convince him to support the imposition of emergency for the nation’s good. My meeting with Balasaheb continued for around two and half hours and in between that meeting, Balasaheb assured me that Shiv Sena firmly supported the Emergency.”

    Importantly, the Pandhurna-ST meeting constituency of Chhindwara district has most Marathi-speaking voters and lies subsequent to the Nagpur district of Maharashtra. The Congress received the seat in 2013 and 2018, however the BJP is attempting its finest to wrest the seat it received in 2003 and 2008.

    The chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had final month initiated the method of fulfilling the lengthy pending demand of creating Pandhurna a separate district. Aiming to counter the BJP’s ballot technique of benefitting by making a separate Pandhurna district, Kamal Nath bought the long-awaited statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji unveiled in Pandhurna on Friday. Roping in Aditya Thackeray for the occasion was aimed toward making certain that the Marathi-speaking voters keep behind the Congress solely.

    As per sources inside the MP Congress, Friday’s Pandhurna occasion might simply be the beginning of many such rallies which can be addressed by Aditya Thackeray in different districts of MP, which home Marathi talking inhabitants, together with Khargone, Barwani, Betul, Khandwa, Burhanpur, Chhindwara, Balaghat and Seoni.

    Making gentle of the occasion in Pandhurna, MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan mentioned that in his 15-month stint in energy, Kamal Nath had stopped the set up of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue in Sausar space of the identical Chhindwara district. “I had at that time come to Chhindwara and protested with commoners over the issue. The same fake and seasonal Hindus, who had then insulted Chhatrapati Shivaji are now installing Shivaji Maharaj’s statue.”

    BHOPAL: With simply two months left for meeting polls in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray’s household has entered the poll-bound state in help of as soon as its largest foe, however now it’s Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) accomplice Congress.

    The Thackeray household’s third era, former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s ex-minister son Aditya Thackeray addressed a mega rally in Pandhurna meeting phase of poll-bound MP’s largest district Chhindwara on Friday.

    Chhindwara, importantly has been state Congress chief and former CM Kamal Nath’s bastion since 1980. While his son Nakul Nath is at the moment the Chhindwara MP, all eight meeting segments are represented by the Congress, together with the Chhindwara meeting phase having Kamal Nath as its MLA.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The younger Shiv Sena (Uddhav) faction chief joined Kamal Nath and Nath’s first-time MP son Nakul Nath in unveiling the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Chhindwara’s Pandhurna space, which neighbours Maharashtra’s Nagpur district.

    Addressing the gathering replete with saffron flags, Aditya Thackeray raised the problems of inflation and farmers to plight because of poor and extreme rainfall which is troubling farmers of each the neighbouring states, dominated by BJP and allies. While terming Maharashtra CM and his outdated social gathering colleague Eknath Shinde as “illegal CM,” the Thackeray Jr drew parallels between how the Congress and MVA governments in MP and Maharashtra respectively had been pulled down by the BJP. “Real Shivshahi will be ushered in MP only, after the unjust rule of BJP is ended in the state. We’re eagerly awaiting Kamal Nath Saheb to return as MP CM. Please tell me the date when you (Nath) will take oath as CM again.”

    Recounting the endeared bond between his social gathering and Nath, Thackeray mentioned, “be it during the MVA regime, when I was a minister in Maharashtra or now, Kamal Nath Saheb has always stood connected with us, enquiring whether everything is going smoothly with the Congress or not.”

    Recounting his assembly with the Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray through the days of Emergency, Nath mentioned, “Aditya wasn’t even born at that time. I still remember Sanjay Gandhi sending me to Balasaheb to convince him to support the imposition of emergency for the nation’s good. My meeting with Balasaheb continued for around two and half hours and in between that meeting, Balasaheb assured me that Shiv Sena firmly supported the Emergency.”

    Importantly, the Pandhurna-ST meeting constituency of Chhindwara district has most Marathi-speaking voters and lies subsequent to the Nagpur district of Maharashtra. The Congress received the seat in 2013 and 2018, however the BJP is attempting its finest to wrest the seat it received in 2003 and 2008.

    The chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had final month initiated the method of fulfilling the lengthy pending demand of creating Pandhurna a separate district. Aiming to counter the BJP’s ballot technique of benefitting by making a separate Pandhurna district, Kamal Nath bought the long-awaited statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji unveiled in Pandhurna on Friday. Roping in Aditya Thackeray for the occasion was aimed toward making certain that the Marathi-speaking voters keep behind the Congress solely.

    As per sources inside the MP Congress, Friday’s Pandhurna occasion might simply be the beginning of many such rallies which can be addressed by Aditya Thackeray in different districts of MP, which home Marathi talking inhabitants, together with Khargone, Barwani, Betul, Khandwa, Burhanpur, Chhindwara, Balaghat and Seoni.

    Making gentle of the occasion in Pandhurna, MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan mentioned that in his 15-month stint in energy, Kamal Nath had stopped the set up of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue in Sausar space of the identical Chhindwara district. “I had at that time come to Chhindwara and protested with commoners over the issue. The same fake and seasonal Hindus, who had then insulted Chhatrapati Shivaji are now installing Shivaji Maharaj’s statue.”