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Alliance with Shiv Sena limited to Maharashtra: Cong minister Speaking to reporters here, the state PWD Minister also said that it was not proper on part of the Sena to comment on the leadership of the UPA. Updated: December 28, 2020 12:53:50 pm Chavan said, "Our alliance with the Sena in Maharashtra is based on a Common Minimum Programme (CMP) and limited to Maharashtra." Senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Sunday said that the Shiv Sena was not part of ...

Uddhav Thackeray A Congress delegation led by party’s state president Balasaheb Thorat met Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday to formally raise the demand for reservations for SC/ST entrepreneurs in government contracts and projects. Thackeray told the delegation that he will discuss the issue in the coming cabinet meeting. Congress president Sonia Gandhi had on December 14 written to Thackeray, stating the demand and also pushing for various other welfare activities for th...

In the letter, dated December 14, Gandhi reminded Thackeray of the common minimum programme (CMP) of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government and sought implementation of certain measures for the welfare of Dalits and tribals. She demanded reservation in government contracts for SC/ST professionals to promote entrepreneurship among them, among other things. The letter was significant as Gandhi has written to Thackeray for the first time since her party and the NCP formed an unlikely alliance with ...

There is a fable about a venomous serpent which often bit people and sucked their lives out through its poison. Counselled by a sage, the repentant snake decided to renounce its violent ways. Days later, when the revered master was passing by the same route, he saw the reptile lying in a piteous state by the roadside. The grievously injured snake complained that since it had stopped biting people, they overcame their fear and pelted it with stones. Alas, said the sage, along with biting, you al...

Cong should contest Mumbai civic elections alone: Ashok Jagtap Former Maharashtra minister Naseem Khan, who has been newly named as the campaign committee head for the Mumbai polls, also echoed Jagtap’s opinion. Updated: December 21, 2020 1:08:25 am Ruling out infighting, Jagtap, on Sunday, said that “his job as the captain of the Mumbai unit would be to keep the flock together.” (Twitter@BhaiJagtap1) Setting the tone for the Congress for Mumbai civic ...

Sonias letter to Maharashtra CM not out of resentment: Balasaheb Thorat SECTIONS Last Updated: Dec 19, 2020, 04:34 PM IST Share Synopsis In the letter dated December 14, she demanded reservation in government contracts for SC/ST professionals to promote entrepreneurship among them, among other things. Maharashtra revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Balasaheb Thorat on Saturday said that Sonia Gandhi has written a letter to state Chief Minister Uddhav Thacke...

Sonia Gandhi had writte to Uddhav Thackeray earlier this week. (File) Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said there was nothing to be read between the lines in Congress chief Sonia Gandhis letter to his party chairperson Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, adding the two parties were in an alliance and there was no "pressure politics". "Sonia Gandhi is the president of UPA (United Progressive Alliance). She and Sharad Pawar had an important role in the formation of the M...

NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena on Saturday said there was no pressure politics by the Congress after Sonia Gandhi wrote a letter to Uddhav Thackeray seeking welfare measures for dalits and tribals in Maharashtra. "If the Congress party has brought forward an agenda which is in the interest of people of Maharashtra and the state, then, it should be welcomed. There is no pressure politics," Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on Sonias letter. Sonia had written to Maharashtra chief minister reminding h...

Focus on welfare of Dalits and tribals: Sonia to Thackeray   Fri, Dec 18 2020 11:00:15 PM Mumbai, Dec 18 (IANS): Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written a letter to ally and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray asking him to implement the Common Minimum Programme in the state in letter and spirit, especially pertaining to the welfare of the Dalits and tribals. Referring to suggestions she had received, Gandhi said that the budget allocation for the development of SC/ST communities ...

Cong’s newfound assertiveness Often regarded as a third wheel in the Maharashtra alliance, Congress is now looking to assert itself more aggressively in the governments functioning and policy making. While the SC/ST communities in Maharashtra have traditionally been a loyal support base of the Congress, some party leaders from the community have complained that the NCP, which heads the social welfare department, was running away with the credit for various social welfare initiatives. Apart fr...