Padma awards 2023: "The government is impartial in honouring the people for their contribution. Like Mulayam Singh Yadav ji had a great contribution towards the socialist movement, so he should be honoured. It is the duty of the government to pay respect to the people," said Athawale.
Lok Sabha 2024: Targeting Rahul Gandhi and his Bharat Jodo Yatra, Ramdas Athawale said that he (Rahul Gandhi) might have grown his beard, but that won't help the Congress grow the number of seats in 2024, as the Yatra will make no difference.
Mumbai's civic body has said it had received applications from the Uddhav Thackeray and Shinde-led factions of the Shiv Sena to "book" the sprawling Shivaji Park for the party's Dussehra rally in October.
Eknath Shinde, a minister in the Uddhav Thackeray cabinet, has rebelled against Shiv Sena, pushing the MVA government to the brink of collapse.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who also heads the TRS, on Sunday called on his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai and later also met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.
The Hijab protests began on Feb 4 at Govt Girls PU college in Karnataka's Udupi district when some students alleged that they had been barred from attending classes wearing hijab.
Union Minister Dr Ramdas Athawale pounced at the chance to school the Thiruvananthapuram MP and said "one is bound to make mistakes while making unnecessary claims."
Wankhede is facing the vigilance probe by NCB after an independent witness in the drugs-on-cruise case, in which Aryan Khan is one of the accused, claimed of overhearing a discussion of a Rs 25 crore pay-off, including Rs 8 crore for Sameer Wankhede.
An NCB team busted an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise ship which was on its way to Goa at mid-sea on October 2, following which Aryan Khan and some others were arrested.
A few days back, Malik had dubbed Wankhede as "bogus" and asserted that once "proof" against him is out, he cannot remain in government service even for one day.
The Union Minister was in Visakhapatnam to review the implementation of various welfare schemes. Athawale's Republican Party of India (A) is a constituent of the BJP-led NDA.
On 18 September 2016, terrorists from Pakistan attacked the Indian Army camp in the Uri sector, in which 18 soldiers were martyred.
Speaking to reporters at Ulhasnagar in the Thane district, Athawale said he would request Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to ensure that the state and Mumbai are rid of drugs.
Describing Pawar as a public leader and a deserving candidate for the PM's post, the RPI (A) chief said, “He (Pawar) should have been made PM in place of Manmohan Singh but Sonia Gandhi did not do so”.
Ramdas Athawale has suggested that Amarinder Singh should quit the Congress and join the BJP-led NDA.
Ramdas Athawale has urged the Centre to enact a law with a provision to suspend MPs for two years for creating ruckus in the Parliament to disrupt proceedings and waste the country's time and money.
"Why can't BJP and NCP come together?", asks Union Minister for Social Justice, Ramdas Athawale
NDA alliance partner and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said that no matter how many fronts are formed against PM Modi, he will remain number one.
Referring to the recent meeting between Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Modi in Delhi, and Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut's comment praising the PM, Athawale said this was the right time to revive the Sena-BJP alliance.
Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Ramdas Athawale met President Ram Nath Kovind and demanded President's rule in Maharashtra after former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh's extortion allegations against state's Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.
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