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  • ‘3 birthday party MLAs cross-voted in Maharashtra MLC polls’, claims BJP chief Mohit Kamboj

    Via PTI

    MUMBAI: Even because the BJP received all 5 seats it contested within the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections on Monday, Mohit Kamboj, its chief from Mumbai, claimed that 3 MLAs of the birthday party indulged in “cross-voting”.

    In a WhatsApp message that went viral, Kamboj, who has labored because the BJP’s Mumbai unit functionary, stated, “We were given 134 votes whilst one vote used to be wasted. 3 BJP MLAs cross-voted. 3 MLAs of Bahujan Vikas Aghadi didn’t vote for us.”

    The BJP had fielded 5 applicants – Pravin Darekar, Ram Shinde, Uma Khapre, Shrikant Bharatiya and Prasad Lad – of which the primary 4 bagged the minimal quota of votes required to win the ballot within the first spherical of counting.

    Lad received in the second one spherical, whilst Congress’ Chandrakant Handore misplaced. Kamboj is understood for his proximity to senior BJP chief and previous leader minister Devendra Fadnavis.

    Previous, reacting to the birthday party’s victory, Fadnavis had stated, “There’s a large number of hypothesis about cross-voting, and many others, however I by myself know who voted for which candidate. I thank the entire unbiased MLAs and small events for his or her toughen.”

    Kamboj used to be now not to be had for feedback over his WhasApp publish.

  • Maharashtra MLC polls: Two applicants each and every of Shiv Sena and NCP, 4 of BJP win seats

    Via PTI

    MUMBAI: Two applicants each and every of the ruling coalition allies NCP and the Shiv Sena and 4 nominees of the opposition BJP on Monday nigh gained elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC), mentioned an respectable.

    The entire 8 applicants secured the minimal quota of 26 votes each and every to make it to the Higher Area of the state legislature, mentioned the respectable.

    Chairman of Legislative Council and NCP candidate Ramraje Nimbalkar, Chief of Opposition within the Higher Area Pravin Darekar of the BJP and previous BJP minister and now NCP nominee Eknath Khadse simply bagged enough selection of first desire votes to publish wins.

    The general vote tally shall be introduced when the entire rounds of counting is over, the respectable mentioned.

    Each the applicants of the Shiv Sena — Sachin Ahir and Aamshya Padavi – additionally gained the election, whilst the 2 nominees of the Congress, which is a part of the ruling coalition MVA, did not protected the minimal quota of the primary desire vote.

    The BJP had fielded 5 applicants – Darekar, Ram Shinde, Uma Khapre, Shrikant Bharatiya and Prasad Lad – of which the primary 4 have already bagged the minimal quota of votes required to win the ballot.

    BJP MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar mentioned, “Darekar secured 29 votes of first desire, whilst Ram Shinde and Bharatiya secured 30 votes of first desire each and every. It manner, our extra votes of best 3 applicants at the record shall be transferred to our 5th candidate Prasad Lad.”

    “If you happen to rely the entire votes of first desire to the BJP applicants, we now have gained 133 votes. It manner, we now have gained extra votes than we secured within the Rajya Sabha elections (hung on June 10),” he mentioned. The BJP has 106 MLAs within the Maharashtra Legislative Meeting, whilst last votes for its applicants have both come from impartial MLAs, or the ones from small events or from different events.

    Balloting for the elections to ten vacant MLC seats used to be held between 9 am and four pm on the Legislature Advanced in south Mumbai. In all, 11 applicants – 5 of the BJP and two each and every of the Sena, the NCP and the Congress have been within the fray.

    The counting of votes started after a two-hour extend at round 7 pm.

  • MP Navneet Rana dares Maharashtra CM Thackeray to contest election in opposition to her

    Through PTI

    MUMBAI: Impartial MP Navneet Rana, who just lately were given bail after being arrested via Mumbai police remaining month over the ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ recitation row, on Sunday challenged Maharashtra Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray to contest an election in opposition to her.

    She additionally claimed that the folks of Mumbai and Lord Ram will educate the Shiv Sena a lesson in civic polls.

    Shiv Sena president Thackeray, who turned into the CM in November 2019 after forging an alliance with the NCP and Congress, took oath as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council in Might 2020. Previous to that, he was once no longer a member of the state legislature.

    Navneet Rana, the MP from Amravati in Maharashtra, and her MLA-husband Ravi Rana have been arrested on April 23 via the Mumbai police after the couple introduced that they might recite the Hanuman Chalisa outdoor CM Thackeray’s personal place of abode `Matoshree’ right here, which angered employees of the Shiv Sena, Thackeray’s celebration, resulting in stress.

    The couple was once granted bail on Might 4 via a distinct Mumbai court docket. They walked out of prison on Might 5 following which Navneet Rana was once admitted to a personal clinic right here.

    Her legal professional then stated she had lawsuits of hypertension, frame aches and spondylitis.

    Chatting with newshounds on Sunday after being discharged from the clinic, the Navneet Rana stated, “I problem Uddhav Thackeray ji to selected a constituency and get elected without delay via other people. I will be able to struggle in opposition to him.”

    “I will be able to paintings arduous with honesty and win the election, and he (the CM) will know the folks’s energy,” she stated.

    “What crime did I dedicate that I used to be jailed for 14 days? You’ll be able to put me in prison for 14 years, however I will be able to no longer prevent chanting the names of Lord Ram and Hanuman. Mumbaikars and Lord Ram will educate the Shiv Sena a lesson within the civic polls,” the parliamentarian stated.

    Navneet Rana additionally stated she is going to marketing campaign in Mumbai and make stronger ‘Ram bhakts’ (fans of Lord Ram) to finish the “corrupt rule” of the Shiv Sena.

    This Shiv Sena stocks energy within the state with the NCP and Congress.

    The Thackeray-led celebration additionally controls the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC).

    Significantly, CM Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aaditya Thackeray is the primary from the circle of relatives to go into the electoral fray.