Ramdas Athawale
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SP-BSP alliance may cost BJP 25-30 Lok Sabha seats in UP, says Union Minister Ramdas Athawale
National | Mar 30, 2018, 07:03 PM ISTUttar Pradesh has 80 Lok Sabha seats, of which the BJP and its allies had won 73 in the 2014 parliamentary elections.
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Dalits are replying to attacks on them, says Union Minister Ramdas Athawale
India | Jan 11, 2018, 03:44 PM ISTAthawale was referring to the recent attack on Dalits in Pune who were celebrating 200 years of the victory of British troops over Peshwa Bajirao II's Army in Koregaon Bhima.
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Jignesh Mevani not responsible for Bhima-Koregaon violence: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale
India | Jan 06, 2018, 07:08 PM ISTDalits commemorate the British victory over the Peshwa's army at Bhima-Koregaon in 1818 as it is believed that soldiers from the Mahar community were part of the East India Company's forces.
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Dalit youth should join Army: Ramdas Athawale
National | Oct 01, 2017, 11:07 PM ISTAthawale said the demand for the reservation for Dalits has been his party's demand for a long time and he would soon speak to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman about it.
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Union minister Ramdas Athawale supports right to eat beef, promises action against cow vigilantes
National | Jul 14, 2017, 09:52 PM IST"Everybody in the country has a right to eat beef. The gau rakshaks have the right to lodge a police complaint... However, they don't have the authority to take the law in their hands," Athawale said.
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Sharad Pawar should join NDA to contest presidential election, reiterates Ramdas Athawale
National | May 30, 2017, 01:50 PM ISTIt was for the second time that Athwale advised Pawar to join NDA if he was keen on occupying the highest constitutional post in the country.
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I support ban on cow slaughter but don’t extend it to other cattle: Ramdas Athawale
National | Apr 14, 2017, 12:02 PM ISTUnion Minister Ramdas Athawale today said that though he is in favour of a ban on cow slaughter, it should not be extended to other species of cattle.
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Union minister Ramdas Athawale bats for transgenders' reservation in govt jobs
National | Dec 11, 2016, 12:56 PM ISTUnion minister Ramdas Athawale has supported the idea of reservation for transgenders in government jobs on the lines of quota fixed for disabled people.
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Complete ban on beef economically difficult for farmers, says Union Minister Ramdas Athawale
National | Aug 30, 2016, 09:41 PM ISTTaking a different view on cow slaughter from NDA partner BJP, Union minister Ramdas Athawale today opposed a complete ban on beef saying farmers will suffer.
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If people want, they should be allowed to eat ‘beef’: Union minister Ramdas Athawale
National | Aug 30, 2016, 01:22 PM ISTJumping into the beef controversy that erupted in the wake of BJP MP Udit Raj’s twitter post over 9-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt eating beef twice a day, Union minister of state for social justice Ramdas Athawale has said that if a person
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Miffed over 'raw deal' by BJP, RPI plans conclave tomorrow
National | Apr 04, 2015, 08:56 PM ISTMumbai: The Republican Party of India (RPI), which contested Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly polls last year as an NDA constituent, will hold a conclave here tomorrow to “remind” BJP of its promise of taking
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Ramdas Athawale invites AAP dissidents Yadav, Bhushan to join RPI
National | Mar 29, 2015, 04:44 PM ISTMumbai: Terming the ouster of Aam Aadmi Party's founding members Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav from AAP's national executive as “unjust”, RPI(A) chief Ramdas Athawale today invited the duo to join his party.“Prashant Bhushan and
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Athawale asks BJP to make him Central minister
National | Jan 10, 2015, 10:02 PM ISTMumbai: RPI president Ramdas Athawale, whose party is a member of the ruling Mahayuti (BJP-led grand alliance) in Maharashtra, today reiterated demand for a berth in the Union cabinet.“BJP must honour the written commitment it
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Shiv Sena MPs to attend PM's high tea, Uddhav not going
National | Oct 24, 2014, 08:23 PM ISTMumbai: Amid signs of a rapprochement, all Shiv Sena MPs will attend the high tea being hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Sunday for NDA MPs even as RPI leader Ramdas Athawale
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Uddhav Thackeray very keen on coalition government with BJP, says Ramdas Athawale
National | Oct 24, 2014, 07:11 PM ISTMumbai: RPI chief Ramdas Athawale on Friday claimed that Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray was "very keen" on forming coalition with the estranged ally BJP for formation of government in Maharashtra."Uddhav Thackeray told me that
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No government formation without Shiv Sena support: RPI(A)
National | Oct 19, 2014, 02:24 PM ISTMumbai: BJP ally Republican Party of India (Athavale) today said no government in Maharashtra was possible without the support of Shiv Sena. “It seems BJP is not getting a clear majority.Nothing can happen without Shiv
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I got Rajya Sabha seat for Athawale, says Uddhav Thackeray
National | Sep 29, 2014, 03:03 PM ISTMumbai: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Monday made an embarrassing revelation here that he had personally intervened to secure a Rajya Sabha seat for Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale.The revelation came in the wake of
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Maharashtra polls: Pawar asked me to join hands with NCP, says Ramdas Athawale
National | Sep 18, 2014, 09:54 PM ISTMumbai: As major political coalitions in Maharashtra continue to squabble over seat sharing for the October 15 Assembly elections, attempts at poaching the rivals are afoot with RPI(A) leader Ramdas Athawale today claiming he was
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'Will go solo if Sena,BJP give RPI (A) raw deal in seat sharing'
National | Sep 10, 2014, 08:10 PM ISTMumbai: RPI(A) chief Ramdas Athawale, whose party is one of the constituents of Mahayuti supporting the NDA government, today sought to put the Sena-BJP led alliance on notice over allocation of seats for forthcoming Assembly
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Maharashtra Assembly Poll: Rakhi Sawant, Don's brother in race for RPI ticket
India | Aug 19, 2014, 07:04 PM ISTMumbai: In a news which can prove out to be a game-changer for Item Girl Rakhi Sawant's political stint, Ramdas Athawale's party RPI is considering her name for the candidature in Mumbai assembly elections, said