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New Political Fault Lines

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By Rajendra Pandharpure
Student unrest, NCP realignments and electoral manoeuvres are reshaping the city’s political conversation Pune: The city’s political landscape last week was defined by two contrasting forces: the energy of student activism and the uncertainty surrounding the future of Nationalist Congress...
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The Hidden Lessons of India’s Political Splits

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By Prasad Dixit
Mass defections are often blamed on ambition. But history suggests that parties begin to fracture when they lose ideological purpose. The spate of mass defections and vertical splits witnessed over the past few years has become the subject of heated...
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MVA’s Pune misfire exposes schisms

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By Rajendra Pandharpure
The unopposed election of Vikram Kakade to the Legislative Council has triggered fresh recriminations within the opposition coalition. Vikram Kakade Pune: As expected, Vikram Kakade of the Mahayuti was elected unopposed from the Pune Local Authorities’ constituency of the Legislative...
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Another battle between Pawars on card

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By Quaid Najmi
Jay desires to contest election in 2029; Rohit reacts strongly Mumbai: Barely had the voting for Baramati Assembly by-election ended, a potential ‘Pawar versus Pawar’ battle in 2029 spooked the immediate contest in which Nationalist Congress Party President and Deputy...
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Sunetra Pawar in a crowd 50-plus contenders

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By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai:  The Nationalist Congress Party’s efforts for a walkover in Baramati Assembly by its President and Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Ajit Pawar may be a pipe-dream. The by-poll has attracted a veritable circus of over 50-candidates with more than 60...
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NCP’s internal dispute hits a stalemate

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By Abhijit Mulye
Mumbai: The internal rift in the NCP has reached a deadlock that even the intervention of senior family members has struggled to resolve. Recently, a marathon meeting took place at the Devagiri residence where veterans Patel and Tatkare reportedly expressed...
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From Tears to Tussle

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By Abhijit Mulye
Inside the ruthless succession war for the soul of the NCP Mumbai: In a significant revelation that sheds light on the internal fractures of Maharashtra’s most prominent political dynasty, a senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader has disclosed that a...
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From Tears to Tussle

Patronage and Fall

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By Kiran D. Tare
For years, Rupali Chakankar embodied a certain kind of political ascent common to regional satraps: loyal, organisationally useful, and closely aligned with the power centre of her party – first, the undivided Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and later the NCP...
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Fractured Front

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Coalitions, like marriages, are tested less by grand crises than by small humiliations. The ruling Mahayuti – a coalition between the Bharatiya Janata Party, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and the late Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party - has found itself...
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Fractured Front