Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls will take place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP will be going up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress try to make their mark. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faces a new challenge after Hemant Soren's recent arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP. The Haryana election resulted in a shock loss for Congress, which was looking to galvanize on the Lok Sabha poll performance, while J&K also saw the grand old party eventually stepping away from the cabinet, with Omar Abdullah's JKNC forming government. It remains to be seen if the upcoming polls help BJP cement its position further or provide a fillip to I.N.D.I.A. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.
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The first meeting is of the Maharashtra Congress.
The second meeting is of the MPCC leaders and AICC observers
AICC general secretary Ramesh Chennithala will meet Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray today.
Uddhav Thackeray and SP President Akhilesh Yadav spoke over phone on Saturday.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi talks are under way, it is wrong to stay that talks have stopped, the Sena (UBT) leader said. "Congress is a national party, may be bigger. We are a regional party. Smaller parties need to be accommodated," he added, noting that Shiv Sena (UBT) had a discussion with Sharad Pawar.
In a shot in the arm for the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) ahead of the assembly elections, three-term BJP legislator Kedar Hazra and AJSU Party's Umakant Rajak on Friday joined the political outfit.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his two deputies, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Friday.
The late-evening huddle of the top leaders of the Mahayuti coalition in Maharashtra with BJP strategist Shah came at a time when seat-sharing talks among the ruling constituents in the state were at a crucial juncture.
Maharashtra BJP leader Laxman Dhoble on Friday said he plans to join the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) in the next couple of days, adding his move is due to the saffron party's alliance with Ajit Pawar. Dhoble, a former guardian minister of Solapur district, met Sharad Pawar in Mumbai during the day. Dhoble said he had left the (undivided) NCP as he was "fed up with Ajit Pawar".