With the existing support of allies in Maharashtra, the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress are assured of winning at least four of the seven seats due to its numerical strength in the Maharashtra Assembly.
Minority Affairs minister Nawab Malik said that the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government will soon bring in an ordinance to this effect in the ongoing Budget session.
Working president of the Maharashtra Nationalist Youth Congress Suraj Chavan issued threats against journalist Bhau Torsekar for his critical views for the NCP chief Sharad Pawar.
Uddhav Thackeray has ignored the protests and objections from both the Congress and the NCP and has announced that the NPR exercise will be rolled out in the state from May 1.
NCP worker Laxmikant Khabiya has filed a complaint against journalist Bhau Torsekar and viewers of his YouTube channel, accusing them of conspiring to murder NCP chief Sharad Pawar