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Make Sharad Pawar chief after merging NCP with Cong: Athawale

The Republican Party of India (A) president also said that such decision should be taken jointly by the Congress and Pawar

Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kapil Sibal should exit Cong, join BJP: Ramdas Athawale

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale has suggested that senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal should resign from the Congress party and join the Bharatiya Janata Party

Pawar should join NDA, form govt with BJP, RPI in Maharashtra: Athawale

In a video posted on Twitter, Athawale said the NCP's tie-up with the Congress and the Shiv Sena was not beneficial to it

Bin the Chinese food debate

Food has the potential to draw out the knives for nationalist, regional, nutritional or mere family hospitality reasons

Rajya Sabha polls: Sharad Pawar, Athawale among 37 elected unopposed

The BJP bagged seven seats -- two in Haryana, three in Maharashtra and one each in Himachal Pradesh and Bihar

'Go corona, corona go': Ramdas Athawale's chant to shoo virus goes viral

The video was reportedly shot at Gateway of India on February 20 during a prayer session to stop the spread of the coronavirus in China.

Elections for more than 70 Rajya Sabha seats to be held this year

Besides Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Ramdas Athawale, other prominent leaders who will retire during the year include Sharad Pawar, Digvijay Singh and Vijay Goel

Ramdas Athwale urges Sharad Pawar, his daughter to join union cabinet

The development, Athawale said, is a "big setback and a lesson" for the Shiv Sena which was unwilling to form government with the BJP.

Ramdas Athawale slapped by his party worker at public event in Maharashtra

The incident took place Saturday night as the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment was coming down from the stage

Athawale's 'bond' with Trump

Athawale walked up to Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar in the Rajya Sabha

Vidarbha state should be formed at the earliest: Ramdas Athawale

He also said there is a need to encourage inter-caste marriages in order to bring an end to casteism in the country

Athawale seeks 25% reservation for upper caste poor

He said the present maximum quota of 50 per cent should be increased to 75 per cent in order to accommodate economically backward classes

Should take over PoK if Pak doesn't stop interfering: Ramdas Athawale

He also said that forces like Pakistan are conspiring against India by spreading terrorism

Mayawati is BJP's slave, not me: Ramdas Athawale

Earlier today, BJP MP Udit Raj hit out at the BSP supremo as well, asserting that she never spared any emerging Dalit leader

All in good humour

The Narendra Modi government fielded newly appointed Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale to speak during the discussion in the Rajya Sabha on alleged atrocities against Dalits and the derogatory comments made by a Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Uttar Pradesh about Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati. Athawale, president of the Republican Party of India (A) (RPI) and a Dalit himself, soon had the House in splits. When he rose to speak, the display board in the Rajya Sabha showed the name of the minister whose seat he had occupied, instead of Athawale's. Other members pointed that out and Athawale returned to his seat, but not before reminding everyone that while taking oath earlier this month, too, he didn't utter his name. "When I am standing, it is me who is speaking," he said. He then proceeded to rib Mayawati, saying her party, the BSP, had robbed the RPI of its symbol, the elephant. Athawale also joked about the Congress. "Bahut baar diya t

Promote inter-caste marriages to end casteism: Ramdas Athawale

To a question over attack on Dalits by vigilantes for skinning a dead cow in Gujarat, he said these sort of incidents should not happen

An oath in the name of truth

Either it was nerves or his usual absent-mindedness, but Ramdas Athawale, the Republican Party of India (A) chief, had to be reminded by President Pranab Mukherjee that he could not just rapidly read the oath; he also needed to pronounce his name. Athawale, dressed in deep blue headgear that has come to mark his Dalit identity, proceeded to complete the oath with frequent help from the President. It was unlike the Athawale who is usually so effusive that his press conferences last over two hours. He is also seen in Parliament bringing the house down with his short poems. Athawale was one of the very few among the 19 newly inducted ministers in the Union Cabinet to take oath in the name of truth and not God. He was also the only one to end his oath with the salutation, "Jai Bhim, Jai Bharat". "Jai Bhim" is a salutation in honour of B R Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution and a Dalit icon. Besides Athawale, the other minister to take oath in the name of truth was Anupriya Patel.

Cabinet expansion: Ramdas Athawale's induction part of Modi's dalit outreach

Athawale's induction comes at a time when BJP has laid claim to the legacy of dalit icon B R Ambedkar