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No need to display religious sentiments in public, says NCP chief Pawar

Amid a political row in Maharashtra over the recitation of Hanuman Chalisa, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said there is no need to display religious sentiments in public.

Some people getting anxious after losing power: NCP chief Sharad Pawar

Asked about statements of opposition leaders that situation in Maharashtra warrants President's rule in the state, Pawar said it is true that some people get anxious after power goes out of their hand

NCP chief Sharad Pawar slams BJP, says there's no stability in country

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Centre saying "there is instability in the country."

PM Modi's silence on communal violence shocking: Opposition joint statement

This silence is an eloquent testimony to the fact that such private armed mobs enjoy the luxury of official patronage," they said in the joint statement

Devendra Fadnavis charges Sharad Pawar of raising communal issues

Former Maharashtra chief minister and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis on Friday slammed Nationalist Congress Party chief (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar over his comments on the film 'The Kashmir Files' and alleged that the latter criticized the film as it did not suit his "political agenda of appeasement".In a series of tweets, the former chief minister dug up past NCP's statements and alleged that the party's statements had been "in line with NCP's decades-old track record of appeasement policy & politics and polarising the society on a communal basis".Attacking Pawar on his statements on 'The Kashmir Files', Fadnavis said, "The Kashmir Files movie is not against any religion but it is against those who chose to look the other way when people were suffering, because they felt that it suits their political agenda of appeasement, thereby achieving a communal divide".He further added that such acts and approaches to disturbing harmony of the society cannot be ...

After Raj Thackeray's barbs, BJP drops 'twitter bomb' on Sharad Pawar

Fadnavis launched a blistering, no-holds-barred attack at Pawar, ranging from the Constitution to the mafia to 'The Kashmir Files' and the man who coined the word 'Hindu terror'

Sharad Pawar questions Rajnath & Jaishankar's silence on Blinken's remarks

NCP President Sharad Pawar questioned Rajnath Singh and S Jaishankar for not rebutting United State Secretary of State Antony Blinken's remarks on 'human rights abuses' in India

Third Front against BJP not possible without Congress: Sharad Pawar

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao had earlier met Pawar and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray as part of efforts towards opposition unity

NCP chief Sharad Pawar rubbishes Raj Thackeray's comments as 'juvenile'

Raj Thackeray's unbridled statements at the public meeting lampooning the NCP leadership evoked sharp reactions from all the Maha Vikas Aghadi allies including the Shiv Sena and Congress

Sharad Pawar not casteist; Raj Thackeray's comments wrong: Ramdas Athawale

Raj Thackeray had recently accused Pawar-led NCP of playing a caste card in Maharashtra's politics

Pawar family's security enhanced after attack, says Maharashta minister

While Pawar enjoys Z-plus security cover, the security of his MP daughter Supriya Sule has been upgraded from 'X' to 'Y' plus escort

Those involved in attack on Pawar's house will be punished: CM Thackeray

Hours earlier, a group of striking employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) staged an angry protest outside Pawar's house in South Mumbai when the NCP chief was at home

MSRTC agitation: FIR against 107 for protest outside Pawar's residence

Over a hundred striking workers of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) staged an angry protest, accusing the veteran leader of not doing anything to help them

Probe will be conducted into protest outside Pawar's house: Walse-Patil

He also said that this "undesirable turn" which the agitation of the striking Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees had taken was not good

Maharashtra state transport staffers pelt Sharad Pawar's home with stones

Small groups of employees were seen rushing towards the high-security Pawar residence in Silver Oaks Building, broke the security barricades, shouted slogans, and pelted stones, shoes at his home

BJP has declared war, but MVA fully united, says Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut

Sanjay Raut expressed gratitude to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and NCP President Sharad Pawar for their support to him after the ED action against his family

Is Raut more precious than Malik: AIMIM leader asks Sharad Pawar

AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel asked why Sharad Pawar did not show urgency to discuss with PM Modi the issue of Nawab Malik's arrest while immediately raising issue of ED's action against Sanjay Raut

Gadkari, Sanjay Raut at dinner for Maharashtra MLAs at Pawar's residence

The dinner party gains significance as on Tuesday, the Enforcement Directorate had attached asebts linked to Raut, amid the tussle between the Centre and the state over the ED

Pawar hosts dinner for Maharashtra MLAs, Gadkari also in attendance

At a time when political opponents are at loggerheads in Maharashtra, leaders of all parties, including the BJP, spent Tuesday evening together over dinner at residence of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar

Pawar backs joint oppn action against use of CBI, ED raids for vendetta

Raids by central investigating agencies appear to be the latest rallying point for opposition parties as NCP supremo Sharad Pawar echoed Banerjee's appeal for a united fight against the BJP.