Politics

Senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan said newly elected MLAs of the party will seek advice from the party high-command over its future political stand in the state.

The five candidates are from seats that will go to polls in the first phase on November 30. November 13 is the last date of filing nominations.

Kharge, who is the All India Congress Committee's generally secretary, met the legislators informally to ascertain their views on what stand the party should take about government formation in Maharashtra.

Slamming the BJP for allying with Dushyant's party, Thackeray said the party is going back on its word.

Refuting the Shiv Sena's claim, Fadnavis asserted that "in my presence", no decision had been taken by the two parties over sharing the chief minister's post.

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday met Pawar here 'to seek his advice' on ending deadlock over government formation in Maharashtra.

The row comes amid increased criticism of Jagan for renaming the schemes of the previous government after his father and painting a village secretariat building in the colours of his party YSR Congress.

After meeting senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut, NCP chief Sharad Pawar ruled out joining the Uddhav Thackeray-led party in new government with the outside support of the Congress.

Amid the tussle over formation of new government in Maharashtra, six Shiv Sena ministers attended a meeting over agrarian crisis in the state, called by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

In his four-page address to the BSP chief, Chandra Shekhar Azad talks about the important 'political turn' our country is going through, where 'communal and castiest powers are rampant'.

Amid the stalemate continuing over government formation in the state, Sanjay Raut told reporters here that no fresh proposal has been received from the BJP or sent to it.

Among others, television journalist Rajat Sharma and adman Prasoon Joshi have been inducted as members of the society which is headed by PM Narendra Modi.

The BJP and Shiv Sena are locked in a bitter tussle over the issue of chief minister's post, resulting in a stalemate in government formation.

Multiple protests by leaders and workers of the ruling as well as opposition camps were witnessed across the state on Monday over flood relief and plight of farmers.

Former Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh said that the Centre, according to media reports, has rejected the NSCN-IM demand for separate flag and Constitution during the Naga peace talks.

Katiyar’s comments come at a time when both, the BJP-led government at the Centre and at the state level along with the RSS, are exercising maximum restraint from commenting on the matter in pursuit of maintaining 'communal harmony and peace'.