During his lifetime, Joshi, who died Friday morning, did nearly everything a politician aspires to do. As a ‘soft-spoken and demure’ Sainik, he stood out.
Shinde is expected to reach Ayodhya on Sunday. It’s also seemingly an attempt to project him as a Hindutva leader and also stake claim on Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray’s legacy.
While CM Eknath Shinde targeted Uddhav in his Dussehra rally speech, Thackeray, in his speech, attacked the BJP & RSS, dismissing the CM as a 'BJP stooge'.
Move comes a day after the group dissolved the Shiv Sena’s national executive and made new appointments, with Maharashtra CM Shinde as the chief leader.
What Thackeray govt appears to be aiming for is to either browbeat rebels into submission to save the govt, or ensure dissolution of assembly. Meanwhile, BJP is on wait-and-watch mode.
Rebel Shiv Sena camp claims MLAs could never meet the CM and had to go 'through some people who were close to Uddhav'. They have also alleged 'stepmotherly treatment' in MVA.
At least 30 Shiv Sena MLAs, led by the state's urban development minister Eknath Shinde, are camping in Guwahati in a bid to topple the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra.
Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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