BMC MLA Funding Part 1 Indian Express Exclusive News: As per BMC’s February 2023 policy, a maximum of Rs 35 crore could be given to every MLA. Of Mumbai’s 36 MLAs, 21 from ruling party all asked for it and got; 11 of 15 Opp MLAs wait for sanction
On the INDIA alliance, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar said: “Mayawati has kept her doors open for the BJP, so unless we get clarity, it will not be possible to think about the BSP. If Akali Dal wants, they can join us, but it will not be easy with AAP and Congress."
With an attack on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar in Maharashtra knowing well it will annoy ally Shiv Sena and could create a backlash, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is shifting gears of the ambitious Bharat Jodo Yatra as it enters the Hindi heartland this week. The direct attack on Savarkar just before the yatra entering Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, party functionaries said,
I had always voted for the Congress from the very first elections to the Lok Sabha and state Assembly in 1951-52. It was only in 2019 that I voted for a non-Congress candidate — Shiv Sena’s Aditya Thackeray — because I liked his modern-day views and commitment to the environment. I