Ajit Pawar Archives

‘Made a mistake of giving financial benefit to all women’: Ajit Pawar on Ladki Bahin scheme; Uddhav Sena cries voter bribe | India News

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Monday admitted that the state government made a “mistake” in extending financial benefits to all applicants of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana without sufficient scrutiny, attributing the lapse to time constraints ahead of last year’s assembly elections.“We made a mistake of giving the financial benefit […]

On Comedian Kunal Kamra’s Eknath Shinde Joke, Devendra Fadnavis’ Reaction

Mumbai: Coming out strongly in support of his ally and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said comic Kunal Kamra should apologise for his remarks against the Shiv Sena leader, which prompted party workers to vandalise a studio in Mumbai where the comedy show was recorded. The Chief Minister said […]

Walking a tightrope | Maharashtra’s new Devendra Fadnavis government

In June 2022, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sprang a surprise by choosing Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde as the chief minister of Maharashtra, with their own Devendra Fadnavis, in whose cabinet the former was a minister from 2014-19, as his deputy. Though it was speculated that Fadnavis would be doing some back-seat driving in […]