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  Thakre moves breach of privilege motion against CM on Land Act

  Politics | April 08, 2015 20:37 IST

  Mumbai: Congress MLC Manikrao Thakre today moved a breach of privilege motion against Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in the Legislative Council over a notification on the Land Acquisition Act.Thakre objected to the notification regarding

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  Congress airs differences with NCP over legislative council post

  Politics | March 16, 2015 7:09 IST

  Mumbai: A day before the Maharashtra Legislative Council is scheduled to discuss a no-confidence motion against Chairman Shivajirao Deshmukh, the Congress said here today that it is willing to let go of the position, provided

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  None of my family members have Swiss bank account: Narayan Rane

  Politics | February 09, 2015 21:56 IST

  Mumbai: Senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane today categorically denied that he or any of his family members were having accounts in foreign banks.A media report today named Rane's wife Neelam

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  Manikrao Thakre challenges BJP to lure a single Congress MLA on its side

  Politics | February 09, 2015 20:27 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President Manikrao Thakre today dared the ruling BJP to lure even a single Congress MLA and get him re-elected on BJP ticket.He was responding to a claim by state

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  Congress readies to take on Maharashtra govt over drought situation

  Politics | January 01, 2015 14:04 IST

  Mumbai: Reeling under twin electoral defeats in Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, Congress party in Maharashtra has decided to galvanise its cadre to take on the BJP-Sena government over its alleged failure to mitigate hardships

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  Congress confident of getting leader of opposition post in Maharashtra Assembly

  Politics | December 06, 2014 20:50 IST

  Mumbai: Congress on Saturday expressed confidence that being the largest opposition party in the Maharashtra Assembly, it will get the post of leader of opposition."It is as clear as daylight that the new leader of

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  Host Fadnavis to skip his own tea party

  Politics | December 06, 2014 9:56 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will skip the tea party that is being organised by him. It's a customary tea party held at CM's residence before winter session of Assembly attended by leaders of

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  Congress to claim LoP's post if Sena joins govt

  Politics | December 02, 2014 23:41 IST

  Mumbai: Amid indications that Shiv Sena could join the BJP government in Maharashtra, MPCC leader Manikrao Thakre today said his party would stake claim for the post of Leader of Opposition in the Assembly.  “We

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  BJP government in Maharashtra is unconstitutional: state Congress chief

  Politics | November 29, 2014 21:05 IST

  Nagpur: Maharashtra Congress president Manikrao Thakre today said that BJP government in the state was unconstitutional as it had failed to prove its majority on the floor of the house.He was here to attend a

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  Won't allow assembly to function over confidence vote: MPCC

  Politics | November 23, 2014 20:37 IST

  Nagpur: The Congress will not allow the Maharashtra State Assembly to function and will corner the BJP-led state government, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) said here today.“The Devendra Fadnavis government is illegal and unconstitutional. It

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  Maharashtra BJP govt has no constitutional legitimacy, alleges Congress

  Politics | November 13, 2014 19:24 IST

  Mumbai: Congress in Maharashtra today alleged that the state BJP government has “no constitutional legitimacy” and said that it is examining legal options after the controversial trust vote in the Assembly.The Devendra Fadnavis government had

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  Congress leader in Assembly to be elected before November 11: Thakre

  Politics | November 01, 2014 20:27 IST

  Mumbai: Congress' leader in the new Maharashtra Legislative Assembly will be chosen before November 11, state Congress president Manikrao Thakre said here today.A three-day special session of the legislature would be convened on November 11.“If

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  Candidates have reported problems with EVM: Maharashtra Congress

  Politics | October 25, 2014 21:35 IST

  Nagpur: There were complaints about glitches in the functioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs) from not only the defeated candidates of Congress but also from those of other parties, Maharashtra Congress chief Manikrao Thakre today

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  Maharashtra Congress chief Manikrao Thakre resigns

  Politics | October 19, 2014 17:02 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Manikrao Thakre today quit his post owning moral responsibility for the party's defeat in the Assembly elections.Addressing a press conference here, Manikrao Thakre said he had sent his resignation

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  BJP misleading people on Vidarbha statehood issue: MPCC chief

  Politics | October 11, 2014 7:46 IST

  Yavatmal: Maharashtra Congress President Manikrao Thakre today accused BJP of doublespeak on the Vidarbha statehood issue and also hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for repeatedly invoking the name of Shivaji Maharaj in his

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  Congress not responsible for end of alliance with NCP: Manikrao Thakre

  Politics | October 05, 2014 7:35 IST

  Mumbai: Asserting that it was not to blame for the snapping of a 15-year-old alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Congress party's state unit president Manikrao Thakre said on Saturday that the party's

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  MPCC chief targets BJP, NCP over President rule in Maharashtra

  Politics | September 29, 2014 13:38 IST

  Yavatmal: Terming as “unfortunate” the imposition of President's rule in Maharashtra on the eve of Assembly elections, state Congress chief Manikrao Thakre today said there was no urgency for such a move and alleged it

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  Congress interviews aspirants for NCP 'quota' Assembly seats

  Politics | September 01, 2014 13:37 IST

  Mumbai: After its ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) decided to interview aspirants for all 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra, the state Congress unit, which had earlier carried out such an exercise for only 174 seats,

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  Congress backs Maharashtra CM on decision to skip PM's event

  Politics | August 21, 2014 16:55 IST

  Mumbai: Congress today said it supported Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's decision not to attend the events with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Nagpur, saying the “decision is right considering the way chief ministers are

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  Some 'Mahayuti' leaders to join Congress soon, claims Thakre

  Politics | July 15, 2014 12:00 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Manikrao Thakre today claimed that some leaders of the ‘Mahayuti' were in touch with the Congress and would join the the party soon.Talking to reporters, Thakre said he would