In supporting the AAP over Congress in Delhi, the Opposition parties have sought to convey a terse message to the Congress that it cannot take the leadership issue of the INDIA bloc for granted.
According to the BJP, the allotment was withdrawn since Atishi did not occupy the 6, Flag Staff Road bungalow vacated by Arvind Kejriwal since she did not want to offend the former chief minister.
Responding to a media query, Kumar said the poll panel would write to the Cabinet Secretary that the Budget can’t have policy decisions specifically made for the capital.
Ahead of the Delhi elections in 2020, the AAP supremo had promised to clean the Yamuna river in the next five years.
The survey, conducted in 103 seats a month ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls, showed the MVA struggling and the Ladki Bahin scheme proving to be a game-changer for the Mahayuti.
Jharkhand Ministers List 2024: A total of 11 ministers were administered oath as ministers by the Governor. These includes six from the JMM, 4 from the Congress and 1 from the RJD.
The MVA's cumulative tally in the Maharashtra Assembly remains lower than what Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena has secured in this election.
Notably, Devendra Fadnavis served as the deputy CM under Eknath Shinde in the Mahayuti government since 2022 despite the BJP being the senior partner in the alliance.
Though arithmetically different, the continuing stalemate within the Mahayuti on the question of leadership serves as a reminder of the developments that followed after the 2019 polls.
Kundarki, an Assembly seat that falls in the Moradabad district of the state, has over 60% Muslim population. No Hindu had won the seat in the past 31 years.
The Mahayuti performed best in Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Solapur and Thane, the five districts accounting for the highest number of beneficiaries under the scheme.
This was the second consecutive setback for the BJP after the Lok Sabha polls when it faced a crushing defeat in all five tribal seats out of the state’s total 14 parliamentary constituencies.
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.
The BJP has made gains in states that accounted for a majority of the seats it lost in the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year.
Senior Congress leader G Parameshwara said that parties led bySharad pawar and Uddhav Thackeray were not well aligned and did not campaign as planned.
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.
The election results in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have underlined the BJP’s comeback after the Lok Sabha setback. And Yogi Adityanath is at the centre of it all.
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.
The term of the current Assembly ends on November 26 and the Mahayuti has less than three days to form a government in the state.
The Mahayuti has only 72 hours to move and stake claim to form a government. The term of the current Assembly is set to conclude on November 26.
Most exit polls for the Maharashtra elections have predicted a clear majority for the BJP-led Mahayuti, setting the stage for the return of the NDA government.
Voting is currently underway in Maharashtra and the exit poll results are expected to be released after 6.30 PM.
Voting is scheduled to be held in 288 seats in Maharashtra and 38 seats in Jharkhand on Wednesday, November 20.
The Andheri West seat will see a contest between two-time sitting MLA Ameet Satam of the BJP and Ashok Jadhav of the Congress.
The Karad South Assembly constituency is set to see a tight contest between two traditional rivals -- former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan of the Congress and Atul Bhosale of the Bharatiya Janata Party.