“In spite of it being in power for so many years, why aren’t the people siding with the Congress ideology? It is because national interest is foremost for the people of this country. The BJP took up that agenda and received support for its decision [to... read more

The court further held that it was for the speaker to decide on their disqualification and the HC would not interfere. read more

Wadettiwar was named LOP after senior Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil resigned from the post in April. On June 4, Vikhe Patil resigned as a Congress MLA and was inducted as cabinet minister in the BJP-led state government. read more

Congress claims that Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and Jaydutt Kshirsagar can’t be made ministers as they have resigned from the current Maharashtra Assembly. read more

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil’s appointment to the housing department isn’t really a big comedown read more

While introducing new faces into his cabinet, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has also reshuffled portfolios held by some senior ministers read more

Prakash Mehta, Ghatkopar legislator and sole Gujarati face in the cabinet was dropped to preempt attacks by the opposition in the monsoon session beginning on Monday. read more

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil who submitted his resignation as a member of the Assembly on June 4, was widely tipped to join the Fadnavis cabinet. read more

Both, former senior Congress leader and leader of opposition in the assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jaydutt Kshirsagar who joined BJP and Shiv Sena respectively are likely to get cabinet berths in... read more

Both the posts were held by Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, who resigned as the leader of Opposition in the legislative Assembly this March read more

Besides Vikhe-Patil, three other Congress MLAs -- Abdul Sattar (Sillod in Aurangabad ); Jaykumar Gore (Maan in Satara); and Bharat Bhalke (Pandharpur in Solapur) may join the BJP in next few days. read more

Vikhe Patil’s son Sujay Vikhe Patil had switched to BJP from Congress before Lok Sabha Polls. He won with a margin of 2.81 lakh votes from Ahmednagar Lok Sabha constituency. read more

According to BJP insiders, Vikhe Patil may also get a cabinet berth, and is negotiating for a lucrative portfolio. read more

Chavan’s story in the last four and a half years is one of fear, compromise, inaction and a lack of confidence in his own ability to win the polls read more

Five legislators — current LoP Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, Abdul Sattar, Kalidas Kolambkar, Nitesh Rane and Jaykumar Gore — are expected to formally quit the Congress this week. read more