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 Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ celeb-wife Amruta has taken an opposing stance, on Wednesday. In an unexpected deviation, Amruta said that all festivals should be ‘inclusive’ and feels nothing is wrong if Muslims participate in the much-a

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 of a Revenue Minister. His journey from a grassroots OBC leader shaped by Nitin Gadkari’s political influence to a trusted lieutenant of Devendra Fadnavis, offers an instruc