The six-day winter session of the Maharashtra assembly concluded in Nagpur on Saturday, but not before the death of a Dalit Ambedkarite activist Somnath Suryawanshi in police custody rocked the house, coinciding with several protests in various places in Maharashtra
The Maratha Reservation Bill intends to extend 10 per cent reservation to Marathas above the 50 per cent cap.
OBC community members said that they are not against Maratha quota but taking away their reservation is wrong.
Sunil Tatkare, the Nationalist Congress Party Lok Sabha MP is the new state president of NCP. He comes in place…
Awhad, a trusted confidante of Sharad Pawar assumed the role of Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
He contested from BJP ticket in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections and won against NCP’s popular leader Praful Patel from the Bhandara-Gondiya seat but rebelled against the BJP in December 2017 and quit the party.
While speaking to media NCP leader Nawab Malik said, "Our alliance will last for a long time. This is the start of BJPs end, it has become very arrogant."
If the BJP fails to form the government then the Governor will invite Shiv Sena, the second largest political party.
In the recent state polls, the BJP won 105 seats, while the Sena got 56 in the 288-member assembly.
He added that the Shiv Sena MLAs have been saying 'do whatever, but we want to be part of the government with BJP'.
