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Thackeray said that during a meeting with Amit Shah in Delhi, he was asked to contest two Lok Sabha seats on the BJP symbol, but he turned down the proposal.

"The situation is more serious than it looks. I am well aware of it. The party (BJP) has to seek votes in the country even after being in power for 10 years," the Shiv Sena leader said.

Ramesh said farmers in Maharashtra have had an incredibly challenging year and in November, the state government declared that 60 per cent of rural Maharashtra faced drought conditions last year.

It is significant move, the Amravati MP is expected to file her nomination papers today as a BJP candidate from the same constituency.

"The Nehruvian secularism, which opposed religion and is under the Leftist influence, has expired," Nirupam said.

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“One should know Hindi and English to raise constituency issues in parliament.

The BJP has staked its claim over four Lok Sabha seats – Kalyan, Thane, Nasik, and Sindhudurg-Ratnagiri that are traditionally contested by the Shiv Sena.

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Another leader said the Congress high command has given the green signal for friendly contests in these disputed seats.

"The Congress has to lead the nation and we support the party in its endeavour. Will Congress give up the fight against BJP just for one seat (Sangli)," he asked.

The actor said that after his political 'vanvas' from 2010 to 2024, for was almost 14 years, he has arrived in Ramrajya where Ram mandir is also completed in Ayodhya.

Congress legislature party leader Balasaheb Thorat has said Uddhav should not have declared the candidates for Sangli and other Mumbai Lok sabha seats when the discussions were on for these seats.

After enforcement of the code of conduct for Lok Sabha polls, BJP declared its first list of candidates asking them to take the lead in campaign.

The irrigation department released a report on water levels in 750 projects in eight Marathwada districts on March 22.

He is likely to be fielded from the reserved Ramtek constituency by Shiv Sena against Congress candidate Rashmi Barve, sources said.

"A chief minister has been accused and is in custody. He is still sticking to his post. What kind of morality is this," the Congress leader said in a post.

Hazare in a statement accused Kejriwal of betraying the trust of crores of countrymen and rued that political ambitions destroyed the 2011 anti-corruption movement.

A senior BJP leader said there is some disquiet in the party over the party’s alliance with MNS.

If the alliance is sealed, the MNS may be given one seat to contest from Mumbai, the Maharashtra capital where his cousin Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction enjoys strong influence.