Devendra Fadnavis emerged as the natural frontrunner for the post of Chief Minister of Maharashtra after guiding the BJP to its best-ever performance in the state.
Aaditya, son of party president Uddhav Thackeray, defeated Milind Deora of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in the recent assembly elections from Worli
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Sanghnomics: With a massive mandate in Maharashtra, the Mahayuti alliance faces immense expectations. Inspired by Shivaji Maharaj, BJP and Shiv Sena may adopt his administrative principles, such as ruling as trustees and fair taxation policies. Shivaji’s legacy also includes economic incentives to stimulate trade and agriculture
Senior Congress leader G Parameshwara said that parties led bySharad pawar and Uddhav Thackeray were not well aligned and did not campaign as planned.
Maharashtra CM News Latest Updates Today (November 26): As the suspense over the next chief minister continues, the BJP is learnt to have cleared Fadnavis' candidature for the post and is in the process of pacifying the Shiv Sena to give up on its claim.
The share of women voters in Maharashtra and Jharkhand was higher compared to male voters. That explains the spate of women-centric welfare measures that appears to have worked in the favour of incumbents retaining power in both states
Sharad Pawar says Ladki Bahin’s contribution to Mahayuti's victory was critical, but the jury's out on whether it was the game changer. What’s more apparent is that when the RSS campaigns enthusiastically, as it did in Haryana and Maharashtra, it can offset many challenges the BJP confronts. Its importance in the electoral arena is now established, which will influence its dynamics with the BJP going forward
A day after the Mahayuti coalition of which Shiv Sena is a constituent scored a stupendous victory in the state assembly polls, Kesarkar met Shinde at the latter's residence in Mumbai
The research firm believes BJP's strong performance will bring stability to Maharashtra and give renewed push to infra development
Amid the multitude of factors that went into the making of the BJP's best-ever performance in Maharashtra, this one stands out from the rest.
More than a year after he rebelled against NCP founder Sharad Pawar, he has now firmly come out of the shadow of his formidable uncle and cemented his place in the state politics
In the first polls in Maharashtra since the split in the Shiv Sena and the NCP, BJP bagged 132 seats, Shiv Sena (Shinde) 57 and the NCP (Ajit Pawar) 41. The majority mark in the 288-member Assembly is 145
The votes for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly election, held in a single phase on November 20, were counted on November 23
Adani-led Dharavi redevelopment hinges on state support for housing over a million residents
In 134 seats where the number of women voters was higher than the state average of 47.82 percent, the Mahayuti alliance won 83.6 percent
BJP’s spectacular performance in Maharashtra will permit it to set the national economic agenda untrammelled. INDIA’s victory in Jharkhand provides a storm-breaker effect, but BJP’s political edge nationally is hard to dismiss
Here’s a look at the heavyweights across parties that suffered a massive defeat
The Maharashtra election results have provided much needed legitimacy to the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP.
Voters send a clear message: Ajit Pawar’s NCP is the real NCP, and Eknath Shinde's faction is the real Shiv Sena.
The results from Maharashtra are a solid vote of confidence for the ruling Mahayuti, which looked down and out after the recent Lok Sabha elections when the MVA (Congress, Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar's NCP) stole the march and cornered a majority of the seats.
Under the flagship Ladki Bahin scheme, the Mahayuti targeted women between the ages of 21 to 65 years with an annual family income of less that Rs 2.5 lakh.
Mumbai, Nov 23 The mandate of the people of Maharashtra has shown who is carrying forward the ideals of late Bal Thackeray, said Shiv Sena Lok Sabha MP ..
Maharashtra Chief Minister, government formation highlights: The final decision on who will be new Maharashtra CM will rest on a couple of factors. The BJP's massive tally is just one of them.
The outcome will certainly be a fillip for the BJP, which won an unprecedented hat-trick in Haryana last month, and help the party overcome some of its reverses in the general elections where it bagged just 240 seats.