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AAP now national party; Pawar’s NCP, Mamata’s TMC, CPI lose status

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New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday recognised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a national party and withdrew the national party status of the All India Trinamool Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Communist Party of India (CPI).
In an order issued on Monday, the Commission also revoked the state party status granted to RLD in Uttar Pradesh, BRS in Andhra Pradesh, PDA in Manipur, PMK in Puducherry, RSP in West Bengal and MPC in Mizoram.
The Commission said the AAP has been named as a national party based on its electoral performance in four states — Delhi, Goa, Punjab and Gujarat.

The Arvind Kejriwal-led party is in power in Delhi and Punjab.
The poll panel said that the status of NCP, CPI and the Trinamool Congress as national political parties would be withdrawn.
The BJP, Congress, CPI(M), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), National People’s Party (NPP) and the AAP are now national parties.
The Commission said that NCP and Trinamool Congress will be recognised as state parties in Nagaland and Meghalaya respectively based on their performance in the recently concluded assembly elections.
It also granted “recognised state political party” status to the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) in Nagaland, Voice of the People Party in Meghalaya and the Tipra Motha in Tripura.

According to the rules, a political party is granted national status only if it is a recognised state party in four or more states or has 2% seats in Lok Sabha
It should be noted that once a party loses its national party status, its members cannot use a common symbol in states where the party is not recognised. Hence, TMC candidates will not be able to use their party’s symbol for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections.
Reacting to the development, AAP’s Raghav Chadha tweeted, “In just 10 years @ArvindKejriwalji’s party has done what it took decades for big parties to do. Salute to every Aam Aadmi Party worker who shed blood, sweat, faced lathis, tear gas and water cannons for this party. Congratulations everyone for this new beginning”
सिर्फ़ 10 साल में @ArvindKejriwal जी की पार्टी ने वो कर दिखाया जो बड़ी पार्टियों को करने में दशकों लग गए। हर आम आदमी पार्टी कार्यकर्ता जिसने इस पार्टी के लिए खून पसीना बहाया, सत्ता की लाठियों, आंसू गैस और पानी की बौछारों का सामना किया, उन सबको सलाम। इस नये आग़ाज़ के लिए सबको बधाई pic.twitter.com/TyAkXFMimf
— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) April 10, 2023
(With inputs from PTI)

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April 10, 2023
Hope his followers get message of harmony, says NCP on PM Modi’s cathedral visit on Easter

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New Delhi: Sharad Pawar’s NCP on Sunday said it was heartwarming to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit a cathedral on Easter and hoped it was a message to his followers to live in harmony with all minority communities.
NCP national spokesman Clyde Crasto extended Easter greetings to the prime minister as he visited the Sacred Heart Cathedral in the national capital.
“Hope it is a message to his followers to live in peace and harmony with the Catholic community and all minority communities in India,” Crasto said.

The prime minister lit a candle before the statue of Jesus Christ in the cathedral and met spiritual leaders from the Christian community.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 9, 2023
Maharashtra: NCP mocks publicity around CM Shinde’s Ayodhya visit

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Pune: Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar on Saturday slammed the “publicity” around the Ayodhya visit of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and also ridiculed relentless media updates on the latter’s programme there.
Shinde will be proceeding to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh by helicopter on Sunday after arriving in Lucknow later in the evening on Saturday.
Shinde will offer prayers at the Hanumangarhi temple and the Ram temple, see the ongoing construction of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple, perform evening ‘aarti’ on the banks of the Saryu river, meet seers, address a press conference and then return to Mumbai, as per the CM’s aides.

“When I offer prayers anywhere, I do not create such publicity. The CM is visiting there to seek blessings. There is no need for such updates as he has arrived, he is at the airport, his flight has taken off etc,” Pawar told reporters.
Pawar, a former deputy chief minister of the state, said there are pressing issues related to unemployment, crime, and farmers’ distress that require more attention.
Speaking on bypolls to the Pune Lok Sabha seat following the death of BJP’s Girish Bapat, the NCP leader said his party will spell out its role after the Election Commission announces the schedule.
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April 8, 2023
Telangana: Former NCP leader joins BRS

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Hyderabad: Maharashtra Muslim minority leader and former NCP party’s vice president Syed Abdul Qadir Maulana joined hands with the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the presence of party chief and chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao at Pragati Bhavan on Sunday.
According to a press note, CM KCR welcomed the minority leader with the party’s traditional pink scarf.
Known as a prominent leader in Maharashtra, Syed Abdul Qadir Maulana, was earlier associated with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He served as the party’s vice president, state president for the minority cell, and a member of the party’s core committee.

Maulana is known for his political stronghold in Aurangabad and neighbouring areas. According to the press release, the former NCP leader is impressed by CM KCR’s welfare schemes in Telangana.
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April 2, 2023
ED summons NCP MLA Hasan Mushrif for questioning in money laundering case

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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned senior NCP leader and MLA Hasan Mushrif for questioning in a money laundering investigation being conducted against him and others, officials said Saturday.
The politician has been asked to depose before the federal probe agency in Mumbai next week so that his statements can be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.
The ED had conducted searches at multiple premises linked to him in January. Some fresh searches were conducted over the last few days in Kolhapur and some other locations.
The money laundering case is linked to a probe related to alleged irregularities in the operations of some sugar mills based in the state that are connected to Mushrif, including the Sar Senapati Santaji Ghorpade Sugar Factory Ltd to which his three sons are linked.
Mushrif (68) is a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA from the Kagal seat in Kolhapur. He is also the vice president of the party headed by Sharad Pawar.
BJP leader Kirit Somiaya had in 2021 alleged that the former rural development minister (Mushrif) indulged in corrupt practices by holding ‘benami’ entities through his family members and companies. The NCP had then dismissed these charges.
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March 11, 2023
Shinde faction minister needles NCP for backing NDPP-BJP govt in Nagaland

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Mumbai: A Maharashtra minister belonging to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena on Thursday taunted the Nationalist Congress Party for extending support to the newly-formed government in Nagaland, and wondered whether any monetary transaction was involved in the move.
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, state Water Supply Minister Gulabrao Patil said the NCP has been criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by labelling it as a communal party, while in Nagaland it has extended support to the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP)-BJP alliance government.
“Has there been any monetary understanding?” he asked.
Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar took a strong objection saying the BJP is in power in the state and the Centre and can probe the matter.
“What is the need to rake up political development in a north-eastern state here? Some decisions have to be taken in national interest,” he said.
The NCP extended its support to the newly-formed Nagaland government led by NDPP leader and Chief Minister N Rio. The BJP has already given support to the NDPP.
The Sharad Pawar-led party won seven seats in the recently-held polls to the 60-member Nagaland Assembly. After the formation of the NDPP-BJP government, it was expected that the NCP will be the main Opposition party in the state.

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March 9, 2023
Nagaland: NCP declares support to CM Rio, makes no reference to his ally BJP

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Mumbai: Bowing to the wishes of its elected legislators, Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday announced support to Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphu Rio, but stopped short of saying whether it would be part of the government.
After a meeting with Pawar and Baramati Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule on Tuesday, NCP general secretary Narendra Verma said the NCP chief had decided to accept the leadership of Chief Minister Rio “in the larger interest of the state of Nagaland”.
An NCP statement on Wednesday made no mention of the BJP, which is also a coalition partner of Rio’s Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP).
“On Tuesday morning, after listening to the North East in-charge he took the decision to accept the leadership of Mr N. Rio, Chief Minister of Nagaland, in the larger interest of the state of Nagaland,” Verma said in the statement.
The NCP had the best performance among the opposition parties, winning seven of the 12 seats it contested in the recently held assembly elections.
At the first meeting of NCP’s Nagaland legislature party on March 4 in Kohima, there was a discussion on whether the party should be a part of the government or it will play the role of main opposition.
The NCP said the newly-elected MLAs and its local unit were of the opinion the party must be a part of the government in the larger interest of the state and the good relationship that its MLAs share with Rio.
Pawar also approved the proposal to appoint NCP MLA Picto Shohe as the leader of the NCP Legislature Party in Nagaland.

Shohe was elected as MLA in 2018 on the Naga Peoples Front ticket. He later joined Rio’s NDPP, but crossed over to NCP after being denied ticket to contest elections.
Nagaland appeared headed towards a government supported by all political parties as NPP, NPF, LJP (Ram Vilas), RPI (Athawale), JD (United) and Independents have backed Rio.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 8, 2023
Fadnavis mocks Uddhav over Sena split after alliance with NCP, Congress

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Mumbai: Uddhav Thackeray claimed the Shiv Sena had rotted during its 25-year alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party, while it has been decimated in its two-and-half-year alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party and Congress, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis quipped on Sunday.
Speaking at a ‘Vijay Sankalp’ rally in Kolhapur in the presence of Union Home Minister and senior colleague Amit Shah, he said the “traitors” had been taught a lesson and shown their place six months ago, apparently a reference to the split in the Shiv Sena, which brought down the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government.
Taking a swipe at Thackeray, the deputy CM said, “Those who said they rotted in the 25-year alliance with the BJP have now seen their party finished in two-and-half years after joining hands with the NCP, Congress (to form the Maha Vikas Aghdi post the 2019 Assembly poll results). They have been brought to the streets.”
In an apparent attack on Thackeray’s repeated utterances that the party was founded by his father late Bal Thackeray, who groomed its leaders, Fadnavis said “the Shiv Sena cannot be a property”.
“It is a school of thought. There can be a heir to a property or to some assets but not for thoughts. You have to put them in action and live up to these thoughts,” Fadnavis said.
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February 19, 2023