Mumbai: In a major embarrassment for the Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday quit, hours after Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar also submitted his resignation, four days after they were sworn-in early morning of November 23. “Ajit Pawar handed in his resignation this morning. So we don’t have the requisite numbers to […]
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Ajit Pawar quits as Maharashtra Deputy CM: Sources
Mumbai: Triggering yet another major political upheaval in Maharashtra politics within days, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is understood to have quit from his post, authoritative political sources said here on Tuesday. Ajit Pawar, who did not take charge of his new assignment on Monday, has submitted his resignation letter to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on […]
Ajit Pawar resigns as Maharashtra Deputy CM ahead of floor test in Assembly
New Delhi: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday resigned from the post ahead of the floor test in the Assembly, setting Twitter abuzz with humorous memes, clippings and comments. Hashtag AjitPawarResigns was trending with 1,830 tweets, with users quoting various media reports on the issue. One post had a clipping of men dancing merrily […]
Ajit Pawar off the hook in 9 irrigation scam cases
Mumbai: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday closed investigations in some of the cases pertaining to the infamous “irrigation scam” in the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) when it was headed by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, officials said here. The ACB has shut the investigations into at least nine cases in which Ajit Pawar was […]
Why NCP wants to win back Ajit Pawar if he has no support?
Mumbai/New Delhi: The NCP is busy trying keep its flock together in Mumbai with MLAs hopping between hotels while party supremo Sharad Pawar is sending his top aides to bring back his rebel nephew Ajit Pawar from the BJP’s fold but the exercise has proved futile till now. “The party is apprehensive of Ajit Pawar’s […]
Clean chit for Ajit Pawar in irrigation scam cases?
Mumbai: Maharashtra’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday gave a clean chit in some of the around 10-year-old irrigation scam cases allegedly involving new Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, officials said here. The ACB has closed the investigations into at least nine cases in which Ajit Pawar was allegedly involved – though it is not clear […]
Ajit Pawar gets clean chit in irrigation scam cases
Mumbai: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday gave a clean chit in some of cases allegedly involving Maharstra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, official sources said here. The ACB has closed the investigations into at least nine cases in which Ajit Pawar was allegedly involved – though it is not clear if he was directly […]
Anxious NCP still trying to woo back Ajit Pawar
Mumbai: Not willing to give up, the Nationalist Congress Party is continuing all efforts to woo back its rebel leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar who along with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took charge of his new post at Mantralaya here on Monday. In the fourth such series of meetings, former Deputy Chief Minister […]
Breather to Fadnavis-Ajit govt, SC verdict on Tuesday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday gave a breather to the BJP-Ajit Pawar government in Maharashtra as it reserved its order on Governor B.S. Koshyari’s decision to invite the BJP to form a government in the state for Tuesday. The top court said the order on Maharashtra will be pronounced on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. […]
Ajit Pawar holds meeting with Fadnavis at his residence
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar called on Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the latter’s official bungalow, ‘Varsha’, here late on Sunday, capping a day of major political developments. This was their first formal meeting after they were sworn-in by Governor B.S. Koshyari early on Saturday morning. Though the reasons behind the meeting are not […]