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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi later said Thakur has explained to the party that she did not support Godse and was only speaking about revolutionary Udham Singh.

The Congress and other Opposition parties have questioned Governor BS Koshyari's alleged role in the clandestine swearing-in on Saturday morning, which announced Devendra Fadnavis's return as chief minister more than a month after the results of the Assem...

Asked whether Congress president Sonia Gandhi or party leader Rahul Gandhi would attend Thackeray's swearing-in ceremony, Thorat said, 'Nothing has been finalised so far on this.'

It remains to be seen how this episode affects Ajit Pawar, but early signs indicate that he would be welcomed back into the NCP.

Even after Ajit Pawar broke ranks and decided to support a BJP government, members of the Pawar clan and senior NCP leaders kept up their resolve to win back the prodigal nephew of Sharad Pawar over the last four days.

BJP national spokesperson Nalin Kohli also asserted that 'no judicial pronouncement on issues of the Constitution can be a setback to any political party'.

The JD(U) has decided to increase its footprints in smaller states by increasing the number of MLAs and percentage of votes to attain the status of national party by 2020.

The protestors led by Delhi Congress president Subhash Chopra were marching towards the BJP headquarters on DDU Marg when they were stopped at a barricade by the police.

The letter was signed by Eknath Shinde, Jayant Patil and Balasaheb Thorat, the legislature party leaders of the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, respectively.

Priya Chauhan, a resident of neighbouring Thane district, in her petition also sought a direction to the Centre and the state to refrain from appointing anyone as chief minister from the post election alliance of the Sena- NCP-Congress, and BJP-Ajit Pawar...

The court was hearing a petition filed by the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine against Governor BS Koshyari’s decision to swear in Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had described the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party as 'Naturally Corrupt Party', was also among those who congratulated Ajit Pawar after he became the deputy CM.

After the dramatic early morning swearing-in ceremony, leaders of the Sena and the Congress cried foul, describing the Governor's action as 'a murder of democracy'.

Chidambaram, who is lodged in jail in cases of corruption and money laundering, said purchasers will be known to the bank and, therefore, to the government.

The statement came after senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar claimed that Ajit Pawar gave letter of support on behalf of all 54 NCP MLAs.

Former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy also reiterated about his party's aim to defeat disqualified legislators contesting the December 5 bypolls to 15 assembly constituencies in the state.