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Friday, July 27, 2018, 11:14 AM   |   e-paper BJP factions vie for PCMC mayor, dy mayor’s posts Camil Parkhe Thursday, 26 July 2018 The elections to the vacant posts will be held as per the schedule to be announced by the divisional commissioner Pimpri:  A keenly contested tussle has begun between supporters of the ruling BJP MLAs Mahesh Landge and Laxman Jagtap, following resignations by Pimpri Chinchwad Mayor Nitin Kalje and Deputy Mayor Shailaja More here on Tuesday. The strong contenders for the mayor’s post are Shatrughna Kate, a Jagtap supporter, and Rahul Jadhav, a Landge supporter. Both the MLAs are expected to lobby strongly for the election of their own supporters. The BJP State high command will finalise names of the candidates for the vacant posts at a meeting to be held in Mumbai on Friday. Outgoing mayor Kalje belongs to MLA Landge gro...

No party willing to take gamble of mid-term polls in the State Camil Parkhe Wednesday, 21 June 2017    goo.gl/kyedu9 The moot question is that can any of the warring factions of the ruling alliance or the opposition parties afford the gamble of mid-term polls or at any stage in the near future The BJP-led State government has just completed half of its five-year term and there is talk of the possibility of mid-term polls. Unlike in the past, the debate is not about the creation of any of the opposition parties but the major partners in the alliance government – the BJP and the Shiv Sena.  Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said his party was confident of returning to power if mid-term polls were held in the state anytime. This led to Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar and Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan jumping into the fray to claim that their parties too were...

Don’t just seek votes, also accommodate minorities in State ministry CAMIL PARKHE |  Monday, 16 January 2017 AT 09:18 AM IST            goo.gl/m8aYwH blog ,  BJP ,  chief minister ,  Devendra Fadnavis ,  Azam Pansare ,  PCMC ,  civic polls ,  vote ,  municipal corporation election ,  Camil Parkhe ,  Sakal Times            With the induction of Azam Pansare, Pimpri Chinchwad’s former mayor and Nationalist Congress Party’s local Muslim veteran, the Bharatiya Janata Party has received a big boost as it prepares to face the mini elections in the State next month. With the welcoming of Pansare into the party, the ruling party at the Centre and State, the BJP has clearly indicated its intension to shed off its ‘saffron’ tag in order to woo the minority votes. In Pansare, the BJP has got its much-needed Muslim face in the State. Pansare, a strong supporter of NCP ...

Iftar diplomacy by political parties must go beyond just tokenism Reporters Name | CAMIL PARKHE |  Monday, 27 June 2016 AT 12:55 PM IST     http://goo.gl/xxvF0d  Ramzan ,  Iftar party ,  political parties ,  Muslim community ,  Muslim vote ,  RSS ,  BJP ,  Camil Parkhe ,  Sakal Times It is the holy month of Ramzan and a period for various political parties to show bonhomie with the Muslim community. As Ramzan Eid approaches nearer, various political parties and organisations are vying with each other in hosting the Iftar parties. In the past, this practice was confined to a few parties like the Congress. The BJP and the Shiv Sena who were most certain of not winning the Muslim votes had never resorted to the Iftar dinner diplomacy. But now the trends have changed. Having realised that they cannot afford to totally ignore the minorities now even the BJP and also RSS leaders have started hosting or attending If...