Sharad Pawar's NCP has only 9 seats in cash-rich BMC. It will try to reach an understanding with MVA allies Sena & Congress, but could also go it alone on all 227 seats.
When Shiv Sena left BJP, Aaditya Thackeray found freedom to follow his own agenda. With 24X7 nightlife for Mumbai, the Thackeray scion’s party has only just begun.
Jai Bhagwan Goyal is a BJP leader and former Shiv Sena member who has penned a controversial book comparing PM Modi with 17th-century Maratha ruler Shivaji.
Shiv Sena’s Hindutva politics is different from NCP’s commitment to secularism. “Too many cooks spoil the broth” is what describes the Maharashtra government.
Congress' Ashok Chavan and NCP's Chhagan Bhujbal allegedly argued for 20 minutes over a chair at the first cabinet meeting of the new Maharashtra govt.
Congress-NCP-Sena Maha Vikas Aghadi, which assumed office in Maharashtra Thursday with Uddhav Thackeray as CM, has released its common minimum programme.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
On its own, the NCP will struggle to cross 20 seats.