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From being Nagpur's youngest Mayor at 27 to becoming Maharashtra BJP president, then Leader of the Opposition, then Chief Minister, now Deputy Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis broke into the BJP's elite Central Election Committee recently, leading to murmurs about his political ambitions at the national level. IMAGE: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his wife banker-singer Amruta Fadnavis as Union Home Minister Amit Anilchandra Shah and his wife Sonal ben Shah seek Lord Ganesha's blessings at the Fadnavis's home in Mumbai, September 5, 2022. Photograph: Deepak Salvi When Sudhir Mungantiwar was the Bharatiya Janata Party president in Maharashtra, there was talk of him getting a second term. Gopinath Munde, then the BJP's tallest leader in the state, intervened and got Devendra Fadnavis into the saddle. Replacing Mungantiwar -- who was and is close to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari -- with his mentee Fadnavis in Maharashtra was Munde's play to check Gadkari's influence in the state BJP. Interestingly, despite his liking for Fadnavis, Munde never considered Fadnavis chief minister material. Turning point Speaking to a reporter during the 2014 Lok Sabha campaign when it was clear that he could perhaps head to the Centre, Munde had tipped Vinod Tawde to be the BJP's next chief minister. But Munde's elevation as Union minister in the Narendra Modi Cabinet and his unfortunate death in a road accident in Delhi soon after brought Fadnavis into the Maharashtra s...

Kolhapur saw massive protests on Wednesday morning, as people from some right-wing outfits gathered at the Shivaji Maharaj Chowk around 10 am and started raising slogans against the two accused who posted a status glorifying Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. “We will not tolerate the glorification of Mughal leaders on our Maratha land. We are ready to pick up swords for the protection of Hindu society. This will not be tolerated,” an aggressive protester said. Also Read: FOUR ARRESTED FOR CARRYING AURANGZEB'S POSTERS During a procession held in Fakirwada area at 9 am on Sunday, June 4, The arrests were made after a video of the event went viral where a man can be seen holding a poster of Aurangzeb in Ahmednagar’s Mukundnagar area. Reacting to the matter, state Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said such acts would not be tolerated. (Inputs by Abhijit) Also Read:

Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday denied reports of lathicharge on 'warkaris' by police in Alandi town in Pune district. He said a minor fight broke out between warkaris - devotees of Lord Vitthal - and the police. "There was no lathicharge on the warkari community," he told reporters in Nagpur. Opposition parties, however, claimed the police lathicharged warkaris and demanded a high-level probe and strict action. The incident occurred when devotees were scrambling to gain entry into Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj Samadhi Mandir in Alandi town, 22 km from Pune city, during the ceremonial procession which is part of the annual Ashadhi Ekadashi pilgrimage to Pandharpur. "We learned from last year's stampede-like situation at the same place (Alandi) and tried giving a few number of the entry pass to various groups. It was decided to issue 75 passes to each group that participates in the pilgrimage," said Fadnavis, who handles the home portfolio. He said some 400-500 youths insisted that they would participate in the pilgrimage and won't follow the decision on the restricted allotment of entry passes. "They broke the barricades and the police tried to stop them, during which some police personnel were injured," Fadnavis said. This decision (of allotting a limited number of entry passes) was taken after a joint meeting with the principal district judge, the charity commissioner and the heads of various groups as part of the preparation for the pilg...

NCP leader and former state home minister Anil Deshmukh said elsewhere that a senior leader like Pawar getting threats was very unfortunate, and not only Fadnavis but the Union home minister should intervene in the matter. Mentioning the threat given to Raut by an anonymous caller, Deshmukh said such an atmosphere was never seen in the state.

Coverage: 5 sources Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis gave his best wishes to the Adipurush team for the success of the film. Earlier, scriptwriter Manoj Muntashir also met Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Prabhas is seen as Lord Ram, Sunny Singh plays Lakshman, and Kriti Sanon plays Sita in the movie. See the Story 50% Right coverage: 4 sources The Shinde-led party placed a full front-page advertisement in several newspapers. It claimed more people wanted to see Shindi as chief minister than the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis. The advertisement comes at a time when there have been conflicts between the two parties of Maharashtra's ruling coalition. See the Story Coverage: 2 sources Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today took on former ally, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, for keeping mum on Congress removing Savarkar and Hedgewar from the school syllabus in Karnataka. The BJP's swipe at Mr Thackeray on his ideology and alliance with the grand old party comes two months after the Shiv Sena leader cautioned former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, saying Savarkar was akin to God for them and their role… See the Story 50% Right coverage: 10 sources Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Sanjay Raut has allegedly received a death threat from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Mr. Raut received a WhatsApp message on the night of March 31 which stated he would meet Sidhu Moose Wala's fate and if he meets them in Delhi, they will kill him with ...

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis‘s U-turn on the old pension scheme (OPS) comes ahead of elections to the Legislative Council seats for teachers and graduates in the state’s bicameral legislature. Ahead of the polling for two graduate seats, Nashik and Amravati, and three teacher’s constituencies, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Konkan, on January 30, the demand of government staff for a return to the OPS has become a sensitive issue. The BJP appears to have modified its stance given the appeal of the promise by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) to revert to the OPS. Also Read | For the teachers’ constituencies, the voters are teachers, while in case of the graduate MLC seats, the voters must be graduates. In the three teacher’s constituencies especially, teachers employed in government schools and colleges make up a sizeable and decisive chunk, including in the state and national polls. As part of its outreach plan ahead of the polls, At a campaign rally in Aurangabad for BJP candidate Kiran Patil on January 25, Fadnavis indicated that the Shinde Sena-BJP government was reconsidering its position on the OPS. Patil will be in a direct fight with the NCP’s sitting candidate Vikram Kale in the seat. Also in Political Pulse | Fadnavis said, “We are not against the OPS. We will discuss it with the finance and other departments. Whatever solution emerges has to be long term. It can’t be short term.” He added, “I would like to make it clear that if anybody can restore the OP...

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis denied reports about the alleged lathicharge on ‘warkari’ pilgrims by the police in Pune’s Alandi town. Warkaris are devotees of Lord Vitthal, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Fadnavis said a minor fight broke out between the devotees and the police.  He was quoted as saying by PTI: “There was no lathicharge on the warkari community”. The incident occurred when devotees were trying to enter the Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj Samadhi Mandir in Alandi town. "We learned from last year's stampede-like situation at the same place (Alandi) and tried giving a few number of the entry pass to various groups. It was decided to issue 75 passes to each group that participates in the pilgrimage," said Fadnavis. The Maharashtra deputy CM added some 400-500 youths insisted to participate in the pilgrimage and did not follow the rules about restricted allotment of passes. He added they broke barricades and some police personnel got injured while trying to stop these youths.  Meanwhile, Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Vinoy Kumar Choubey stated some local youth tried to enter the procession forcefully, leading to an altercation with the police. He added the police did not do lathi charge or use any force against them. Choubey added police made elaborate arrangements and also held meetings with temple trustees to prevent untoward incidents.  Some local youths tried to forcibly enter the Palkhi procession, leading to an altercat...

• • • Ad-vantage Eknath Shinde over Devendra Fadnavis? A mystery survey has Maharashtra alliance in tizzy Ad-vantage Eknath Shinde over Devendra Fadnavis? A mystery survey has Maharashtra alliance in tizzy Shinde Sena distances itself from newspaper ad citing survey showing that CM is more popular than his Deputy, but it is set to feed into seat-sharing tensions between the allies AT A TIME when the two wary ruling allies in Maharashtra are gearing up for seat-sharing talks, full-page advertisements appeared across all newspapers in the state Tuesday, citing a survey that puts Shinde Sena leader Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ahead of BJP Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis in popularity. The advertisement with the slogan “Modi For India, Shinde For Maharashtra. The dream team is loved by all” quoted a survey stating that Eknath Shinde is the most preferred CM, with 26% of people backing him, followed by Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, who was supported by 23.2%. With seat-sharing tensions rife within the alliance, and the Opposition making hay over the advertisement, Fadnavis cancelled a visit to Kolhapur for an event he was to attend with Shinde on Tuesday evening. Must Read | By evening, the Shinde Sena had distanced itself from the advertisement. Party leader and minister Shambhuraj Desai said: “The Shinde though didn’t really disown the advertisement completely. Speaking at the Kolhapur event, he said: “Since the people of the state can witness the development (under our governmen...

Kolhapur saw massive protests on Wednesday morning, as people from some right-wing outfits gathered at the Shivaji Maharaj Chowk around 10 am and started raising slogans against the two accused who posted a status glorifying Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. “We will not tolerate the glorification of Mughal leaders on our Maratha land. We are ready to pick up swords for the protection of Hindu society. This will not be tolerated,” an aggressive protester said. Also Read: FOUR ARRESTED FOR CARRYING AURANGZEB'S POSTERS During a procession held in Fakirwada area at 9 am on Sunday, June 4, The arrests were made after a video of the event went viral where a man can be seen holding a poster of Aurangzeb in Ahmednagar’s Mukundnagar area. Reacting to the matter, state Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said such acts would not be tolerated. (Inputs by Abhijit) Also Read:

Coverage: 5 sources Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis gave his best wishes to the Adipurush team for the success of the film. Earlier, scriptwriter Manoj Muntashir also met Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Prabhas is seen as Lord Ram, Sunny Singh plays Lakshman, and Kriti Sanon plays Sita in the movie. See the Story 50% Right coverage: 4 sources The Shinde-led party placed a full front-page advertisement in several newspapers. It claimed more people wanted to see Shindi as chief minister than the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis. The advertisement comes at a time when there have been conflicts between the two parties of Maharashtra's ruling coalition. See the Story Coverage: 2 sources Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today took on former ally, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, for keeping mum on Congress removing Savarkar and Hedgewar from the school syllabus in Karnataka. The BJP's swipe at Mr Thackeray on his ideology and alliance with the grand old party comes two months after the Shiv Sena leader cautioned former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, saying Savarkar was akin to God for them and their role… See the Story 50% Right coverage: 10 sources Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Sanjay Raut has allegedly received a death threat from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Mr. Raut received a WhatsApp message on the night of March 31 which stated he would meet Sidhu Moose Wala's fate and if he meets them in Delhi, they will kill him with ...