Athawale demands 1 Cabinet, 1 state minister berth in Maharashtra

The results for 288 Assembly constituencies of Maharashtra were declared on Thursday.

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale fields Chhota Rajan’s brother for in Maharashtra

Deepak Nikalje had earlier unsuccessfully contested from the Chembur assembly seat.

Hundreds of RPI workers assembled before Mr Athawale’s residence Samvidhan with party flags in Bandra and raised slogans in support of their leader.

Mr Athawale, the president of the Republican Party of India (RPI), has claimed that the police had failed to provide adequate security.

The man has been identified as Pravin Gosavi and has been detained by police for further investigation.

Athawale said, 'I am not suffering from rising fuel prices as I am a minister. I may suffer if I lose my ministerial post.'

Sushma Andhare’s car was hit by a Maruti van in Indore on Wednesday.

Hence, the state government appointed the two-member commission under the Commissions of Inquiry Act.

The Mumbai police detained at around 200 persons and began the process of registering multiple FIRs against them.

Gopal Guru, a renowned Dalit thinker from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi condemned the statement.