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Minister Dada Bhuse unaware TET papers were printed in Agra, claims BJP’s Sudhir Mungantiwar

Minister Dada Bhuse unaware TET papers were printed in Agra, claims BJP’s Sudhir Mungantiwar

Senior BJP leader and MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar on Wednesday claimed that Maharashtra School Education Minister Dada Bhuse privately admitted that he was unaware that the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2026 question papers were being printed in Agra, as per a PTI report. Speaking to reporters outside the Vidhan Bhavan during the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Maharashtra Legislature, Mungantiwar claimed, “the school education minister privately admitted that his department never informed him that the examination papers were getting printed in Agra.”  Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Irked Mungantiwar blames ‘inflow into party’ for defeat in Chandrapur polls

Irked Mungantiwar blames ‘inflow into party’ for defeat in Chandrapur polls

Published on: Dec 24, 2025 06:06 am IST Of the 11 municipal councils in Chandrapur district, the BJP could win only one while the rival Congress won seven, and the remaining bodies by Shiv Sena and independents Quick Read MUMBAI: After the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) poor performance in the local body polls in Chandrapur, Vidarbha, the party’s senior leader and former state finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has voiced his dissatisfaction over its inner workings, blaming the “inflow into the party” for the losses suffered in the district. Sudhir Mungantiwar (HT Photo) Of the 11 municipal councils in Chandrapur district, the BJP could win only one while the rival Congress won seven, and the remaining bodies by Shiv Sena and independents. Attacking the leadership, Mungantiwar pointed out how the Congress had supported its local leader Vijiay Wadettiwar unlike the BJP. “I was not even made a minister. In fact, there is no minister from Chandrapur, Gondia and Gadchiroli districts,” he lamented. Mungantiwar was left out of the cabinet when Mahayuti 2.0 was formed led by …

Film city to come up on 100 acres in Nagpur: Maharashtra Minister Mungantiwar

Maharashtra Culture Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said on Thursday that the state government has decided to set up a film city on 100 acres in Nagpur district in the Vidarbha region. He was speaking to reporters at Nagpur airport in Maharashtra. “We have decided to set up a film city on 100 acres of land in Nagpur district,” he said. Various films and serials will be shot in this film city, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said. When asked about the arrest of sculptor-contractor Jaydeep Apte in connection with the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse incident in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra, Mungantiwar said he should be punished as per the law if he has done anything wrong. The collapse of the statue has sparked a firestorm in the state, with the opposition accusing the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti dispensation of insulting the iconic Maratha warrior king and indulging in corruption. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of …

Cong fields Pratibha Dhanorkar against BJP`s Sudhir Mungantiwar in Chandrapur

The Congress on Sunday announced the candidature of Pratibha Dhanorkar for Maharashtra`s Chandrapur constituency for Lok Sabha elections 2024. Dhanorkar will have a tough fight as the BJP has fielded its senior leader Sudhir Mungantiwar from Chandrapur this time.  Dhanorkar (38) is the wife of the late Suresh Dhanorkar, who was the lone Congress winner from the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He died in May last year. The BJP has fielded former Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar from Chandrapur in the state`s Vidarbha region. He now represents the Ballarpur assembly constituency in Chandrapur district. Pratibha Dhanorkar is presently the MLA from Warora assembly constituency in the same district.  Also Read: BJP nominates industrialist Naveen Jindal, actor Kangana Ranaut, Menaka Gandhi, Sambit Patra among others for Lok Sabha 2024 Chandrapur is among the five constituencies that will go to voting in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 19. The constituencies are Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondia and Gadchiroli-Chimur.  With the latest announcement, Congress has declared all five candidates for Phase 1 polls. …

Sudhir Mungantiwar calls Wadettiwar outright liar over Backward class panel row

Opposition politician Vijay Wadettiwar`s claims were refuted by Maharashtra`s Minister of Forest and Cultural Affairs, Sudhir Mungantiwar, who called Wadettiwar an “outright liar”. Claims that Mungantiwar was the reason behind the resignation of Justice (retired) Anand Nirgude, the chairman of the State Backward Class Commission, were refuted by the minister, stated a report in PTI.  During a casual meeting for reporters from out-of-town covering the legislative sessions, Mungantiwar refuted the claims made by Wadettiwar while addressing journalists at the Suyog mansion. He refuted any accusation that he was trying to influence or offend Nirgude by stating that he had never met him or shared a platform with him, according to the PTI report.  “If Wadettiwar is blaming me for the exit of Nirgude, then he is an outright liar. If such a fake narrative-spreading person is the leader of opposition, then I do not know what to say. Neither have I ever met Nirgude nor shared a stage with him. If I have not met him, how can I even insult him? It is frustrating …