Politics

Aaditya Thackeray filed his nomination from Mumbai’s Worli seat, becoming the first member from the Thackeray family to directly enter electoral politics.

Devendra Fadnavis, the first BJP chief minister of the state, filed his papers from the Nagpur South-West constituency. Meanwhile, Ajit Pawar filed his nomination from the Baramati segment currently represents in the assembly.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said the country was moving towards an authoritarian state and it was not a secret anymore.

Three Independent candidates -- Prathap Reddy, Shankar, and Saidulu -- withdrew from the poll fray on Thursday for reasons that are not known.

Stating that it was a genuine requirement, the Raebareli MLA said she had sought additional security after being attacked a few months ago and the government has done the needful.

Priyanka Gandhi made the remarks before participating in a silent march organised here by the Congress on 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Senior state BJP minister Chandrakant Patil had on Monday had on Monday said that both the allies have finalised the seat-sharing deal for the Maharashtra assembly elections 2019.

The Supreme Court set aside the Bombay High Court order which had given a clean chit to Devendra Fadnavis and held that he did not deserve to be tried for the alleged offences under the Representation of People Act.

Aaditya’s foray in electoral politics is a departure from the party’s belief that a Thackeray does not contest polls. Neither Balasaheb Thackeray nor Uddhav Thackeray nor cousin Raj Thackeray ever fought an election.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh alleged Kashmir-centric political parties had always put a stumbling block against genuine grassroot democracy in Jammu and Kashmir.

Tirong Aboh, who was gunned down by suspected NSCN militants along with others, was the MLA of Khonsa West where the by-election is scheduled to be held on October 21.

Chachoda MLA Lakshman Singh also said the BJP's demand for a CBI probe into the scandal that has rocked Madhya Pradesh's political circles should be paid heed to.

On September 20, Akhilesh Yadav had hinted that the SP may withdraw the application seeking the disqualification of his estranged uncle. 'Whosoever wants to come, we will include them in the party,' the SP chief had said.

The former Union minister also dismissed reports of a feud within the Pawar family. "There is no feud. My decision is the last word in all family matters," he added.

The Samajwadi Party declared Major Ashish Chaturvedi from Lucknow Cantonment seat and Samrat Vikas from Govind Nagar seat of Kanpur.

Nadda, who was addressing a seminar of abolition of Article 370 here, questioned the patriotism of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for opposing the scrapping of the article and said his statement was used by Pakistan in United Nations to oppose the move.