Mumbai: A month before the first ‘dandiya’ beats of Navratri, Maharashtra politics hotted up with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)’s diktat to ‘keep Muslims out” at venues – supported by sections of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party – but Chief...

From Gadkari’s protégé to Fadnavis’s trusted lieutenant, Chandrashekhar Bawankule’s journey captures shifting power equations within the Maharashtra BJP. By the time Maharashtra politics reaches its next important turn, Chandrashekhar Bawankule may find himself playing a role considerably larger than that...

As speculation over Sharad Pawar’s equations with the NDA resurfaces, Maharashtra is reminded that its most enduring political constant has always been uncertainty. There is an old Mumbai saying that seasoned political observers have long enjoyed repeating: “Ghode ki laath...