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TopicBalasaheb Thorat

Topic: Balasaheb Thorat

‘Held guilty when I wasn’t’, says Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Tambe row

Differences between Maharashtra Congress chief & CLP leader Balasaheb Thorat, over suspension of Thorat's nephew Satyajeet, had fanned speculation of rift in party.

Crisis deepens for Maharashtra Congress, Sena mouthpiece blames Nana Patole for alliance govt fall

In editorial Thursday, Saamana, brought out by Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena (UBT), said Patole’s resignation as assembly Speaker in 2021 was hasty & a main reason for MVA govt's fall.

‘Internal politics distressed me’: Maharashtra Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat resigns

Thorat’s resignation comes four days after he wrote a letter to the Congress’ high command in Delhi mentioning that it's ‘getting difficult for him to work with Nana Patole.’

‘Unfair’, says Sudhir Tambe after Congress suspends him over Maharashtra MLC polls embarrassment

Instead of three-time MLC Tambe, his son Satyajeet filed nomination from Nashik graduates constituency for 30 January election. Congress has initiated an inquiry against Tambe.

An Independent in House of Thorat — uncle-nephew feud brews more trouble for Maharashtra Congress

Congress legislative leader Balasaheb Thorat 'unhappy' after candidate Sudhir Tambe didn't file nomination for MLC polls & son Satyajeet filed as Independent without party nod.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.