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NCP’s Chhagan Bhujbal Takes Oath As Maharashtra Minister

NCP’s Chhagan Bhujbal Takes Oath As Maharashtra Minister

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Mumbai (Maharashtra): Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday morning took oath as a minister in the Mahayuti-led Maharashtra government at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. The oath-taking ceremony was held in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Governor CP Radhakrishnan, who administered Bhujbal’s oath. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, the chief of NCP, were also present at the occasion, along with other prominent ministers in the Mahayuti government. Mr Shinde said that Mr Bhujbal had served as a minister earlier, and his experience would benefit the Maharashtra government. He said that Chief Minsiter Fadnavis would decide on the portfolio for the veteran leader. The Deputy Chief Minister further informed that Bhujbal started his political career with the Shiv Sena and was a Shiv Sainik of Bal Thackeray. “Chhagan Bhujbal has served as a minister before as well. He has led many departments. He is an experienced minister. He is also a Shiv Sainik of Balasaheb Thackeray. He started from the Shiv Sena. He started from …

NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal Says He Will Be Inducted Into Maharashtra Cabinet On Tuesday

NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal Says He Will Be Inducted Into Maharashtra Cabinet On Tuesday

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Mumbai: Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal today said he will be inducted into the Maharashtra cabinet headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday, marking his return to ministerial office after a long gap. “I have been informed that I will be inducted into the state cabinet. Oath ceremony will take place at 10 am on Tuesday,” he said. Sources in the BJP, which heads the ruling Mahayuti coalition, confirmed the development. The veteran politician will be sworn in by Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhavan. Mr Bhujbal (77), who has had a distinguished and eventful political career spanning several decades, had been notably absent during Chief Minister Fadnavis’s cabinet expansion in December last year. At the time, his exclusion from the cabinet had drawn public disappointment from the seasoned leader, a prominent OBC face in the state. His inclusion in the cabinet follows the resignation of Dhananjay Munde, a fellow NCP heavyweight who stepped down as the food, civil supplies and consumer protection minister in March. Munde had resigned …

Panel formed to probe tender for supply of material to protect grain godowns | Mumbai News

Panel formed to probe tender for supply of material to protect grain godowns | Mumbai News

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The Maharashtra government has set up a three-member committee to probe allegations of irregularities in a Rs 124-crore tender sanctioned by the state’s Food and Civil Supplies department in June, 2024, to supply dunnage pallets to government godowns used to store grains. Dunnage is the durable padding material used to protect goods during shipping. The committee has been set up after repeated complaints by legislators since August 2024 alleging the supply of “sub-standard material” and raising questions over the sanction of tender to an “ineligible” company. Story continues below this ad “Our minister has received a complaint regarding the said tender where certain allegations have been made (about the supply of dunnage pallets). We have now formed a three-member committee which will look into the complaints and allegations. The committee will give its report within one month,” said Jayashri Bhoj, Secretary of Food and Civil Supplies department. The government had awarded Rs 124 crore tender to Shri Balaji and Company General Material Supplier in Gondia to supply dunnage pallets on June 21, 2024, when NCP …

OBC leaders meet sulking Bhujbal | Latest News India

OBC leaders meet sulking Bhujbal | Latest News India

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Mumbai, Representatives of Other Backward Class organisations from different parts of Maharashtra on Sunday met NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, who is sulking over not being included in the new Mahayuti government. OBC leaders meet sulking Bhujbal The former NCP minister, who represents the Yevla constituency in Nashik district, did not attend the Winter Session of the state legislature that concluded in Nagpur on Saturday. He left for Nashik on the first day of the session, a day after 39 Mahayuti MLAs took oath as ministers. Talking to PTI, Bhujbal said OBC leaders from different parts of the state held a meeting in Mumbai and then visited him in the city. “They expressed shock over my exclusion from the ministry and said they would back me for whatever stand I take,” said the senior NCP leader. Bhujbal said the Other Backward Class representatives feel that OBC reservation has come in danger and stressed the need to unitedly fight to protect it. OBC leaders are opposed to activist Manoj Jarange’s demand for reservation for the Maratha community …

NCP’s Chhagan Bhujbal Out Of Cabinet, Opposition Lends A Shoulder

NCP’s Chhagan Bhujbal Out Of Cabinet, Opposition Lends A Shoulder

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Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal’s clear and strong message that he is not happy at being left out of the Maharashtra government, has raised considerable interest in the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi camp. Not only has the Congress sent feelers to Mr Bhujbal, a comment by Uddhav Thackeray, chief of Shiv Sena UBT, has sparked speculation. “I felt sad for Bhujbal. He is in touch with me, every now and then,” Mr Thackeray told reporters today. Congress veteran Dr Nitin Raut, a five-time MLA from Nagpur North Assembly constituency and a prominent Dalit leader, said today that “a gross injustice” has been done with Mr Bhujbal and the OBC (Other Backward Classes)  community”. “You (Bhujbal) have belatedly realised the method of these people to work against the OBCs and backwards classes. You must ponder about who you want to stay with and how… If a capable person like you is ready to work with us, then we are prepared to welcome you,” Mr Raut said. Even the NCP faction led by Sharad Pawar …

Morning briefing: What Chhagan Bhujbal said on Uddhav, Pawar; BJP worker who criticised PM Modi detained, and more | Latest News India

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There is a “sympathy wave” in favour of Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar, whose respective parties suffered split allegedly engineered by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), according to Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal. “I believe there is a sympathy wave…the way Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena split and a faction of the NCP switched sides. This is showing in their rallies,” he told NDTV in an interview. The senior leader, however, stressed that people continue to have faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and want him to win the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, and form a “strong government” at the Centre for a third consecutive time. Dig deeper Chhagan Bhujbal (HT FILE)(HT_PRINT) The Bikaner Bharatiya Janata Party Minority Morcha district president Usman Ghani, who was expelled on Wednesday for expressing displeasure with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks in Rajasthan’s Banswara, has been “detained” by the police on Saturday, reported The Indian Express. Dhirendra Shekhawat, the SHO of Mukta Prasad Nagar police station, claimed that Usman Ghani reached the police station around noon on Saturday after a …

‘There is a sympathy wave’: Chhagan Bhujbal on Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar | Latest News India

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There is a “sympathy wave” in favour of Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar, whose respective parties suffered split allegedly engineered by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), according to Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal. File: Chhagan Bhujbal (HT Photo/Satish Bate) “I believe there is a sympathy wave…the way Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena split and a faction of the NCP switched sides. This is showing in their rallies,” he told NDTV in an interview. HT launches Crick-it, a one stop destination to catch Cricket, anytime, anywhere. Explore now! The senior leader, however, stressed that people continue to have faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and want him to win the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, and form a “strong government” at the Centre for a third consecutive time. Bhujbal is part of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) camp led by state deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar; NCP was co-founded in 1999 by Ajit’s uncle Sharad, whose faction is now called NCP (Sharad Chandra Pawar). Similarly, the Shiv Sena, founded by Uddhav Thackeray’s father Balasaheb Thackeray in 1966, now stands …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Sympathy Wave For Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar: Chhagan Bhujbal

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The NCP leader said people want PM Narendra Modi to form a strong government. The NDA in Maharashtra may not have it as easy as it did in 2014 and 2019, when it won 41 of 48 Lok Sabha seats, because of a sympathy wave in favour of Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar, a senior leader of the alliance, Chhagan Bhujbal has said.  In an exclusive interview with NDTV on Saturday, Mr Bhujbal also opened up on his decision to withdraw from contention for the Nashik Lok Sabha seat and shared his thoughts on whether the NDA’s slogan for winning 400 seats – ‘ab ki baar 400 paar‘ – has made voters believe that the Constitution will be amended. Maharashtra’s already interesting politics became more complex in 2022 when Eknath Shinde and a group of MLAs staged a rebellion, which led to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government collapsing. Mr Shinde went on to align with the BJP and take oath as the chief minister, splitting the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena into two. A …

Lok Sabha elections | Shinde-led Shiv Sena remains firm on contesting at least 16 Parliamentary seats

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The Ajit Pawar-led NCP faction is aggressively gunning for the candidacy of senior Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, currently an MLA from Yeola in Nashik. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on April 1 expressed confidence it would at least be contesting on 16 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in the State, even as the tussle over the key Nashik Lok Sabha seat in northern Maharashtra continued among the ruling Mahayuti alliance. Given that the incumbent MP of Nashik – Hemant Godse – is from the Shinde Sena, the party has claimed the Nashik seat as belonging to its quota. However, the Ajit Pawar-led NCP faction is aggressively gunning for the candidacy of senior Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, currently an MLA from Yeola in Nashik. Last week, the Shinde-led Shiv Sena has announced its first list of eight candidates. Shinde Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat maintained that his party would not settle for less than 16 Lok Sabha seats. “Within the next two days, it will be clear who will contest which seat. We …

‘ ₹50 lakh contract given to kill me’: NCP MLA Chhagan Bhujbal | Latest News India

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A day after Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Chhagan Bhujbal received a death threat letter, he said on Saturday that the letter detailed how a ₹50 lakh contract was given to kill him. NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal (PTI/File) He said, “I did receive a threat letter, it came to my office. It read that a contract of ₹50 lakh has been given to kill me. It has the number plates of some cars, some phone numbers, details of where the meetings were held and a few other things.” Experience Delhi’s rich history through a series of heritage walks with HT! Participate Now Bhujbal added, “A lot of such threats have come in the past few months, and I have also received threat calls.” Bhujbal’s office told news agency ANI that an unknown person sent a letter in Nashik to the NCP leader’s office informing him of a contract given to kill him. The letter stated that the contract was given to five people for ₹50 lakh. Bhujbal also said, “Since I have …