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Maharashtra: BJP’s Surprise Rajya Sabha Picks Reflect Alliance Strategy, Caste Balance, & Organisational Loyalty

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Mumbai: When the BJP released its much-awaited list of candidates for the Rajya Sabha biennial polls on Wednesday, it caught not only party members off guard but also NDA allies. The four names announced — Vinod Tawde, Ramdas Athawale, Maya Ivnate and Ramrao Wadkute — upended weeks of speculation and sidelined several heavyweights who had been widely tipped for nomination.

The most significant pick is Tawde, a senior party leader whose inclusion simultaneously resolved a delicate alliance question. By fielding him, the BJP effectively absorbed RPI-A chief Ramdas Athawale into its own ticket, allowing the Union Minister of State for Social Justice to retain his Rajya Sabha seat — this time as a BJP nominee rather than as leader of his own party. Athawale, an NDA ally since 2011 and a Union government minister since 2016, had served two previous terms in the Upper House under the RPI-A banner. His absorption into the BJP ticket, while pragmatic, marks a quiet but consequential dilution of his party’s independent identity.

Tawde himself had been denied a BJP ticket from the Borivali Assembly constituency in 2019. His nomination now appears to be recognition of his organisational work at the national level, particularly his role in Bihar. He currently serves as the party’s in-charge for Kerala, which heads to Assembly elections in the near future. The remaining two selections were equally unexpected.

Maya Ivnate, a former mayor of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, was chosen over prominent names including Vijaya Rahatkar and Navneet Rana, both of whom had been considered near-certain candidates. Ivnate, who served as mayor between 2007 and 2009, belongs to the tribal community and has been a member of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. She is regarded as a senior organisational figure within the BJP’s Nagpur unit.

Ramrao Wadkute, the party’s Hingoli district chief, rounds out the list. He belongs to the Dhangar community and came to the BJP in 2019 after resigning from the State Legislative Council, where he had been nominated from the Governor’s quota by the NCP. He left eleven months before completing his term, reportedly on assurances of a future berth. That assurance, delayed by over six years, has now been honoured. The list reflects a BJP that is balancing caste arithmetic, alliance management and organisational loyalty — sometimes at the expense of its more prominent faces.

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Case registered against Bajrang Dal workers for bringing pigs to create ruckus in Mira Bhayander, two FIRs registered for disturbing the environment

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The police have registered a case against the miscreants for creating a ruckus and disturbing the environment in Poonam Coaster Society, two cases of interference in the communal and government work. On the other hand, the police have registered a case under the Maharashtra Police Act against 50 to 60 volunteers including Bajrang Dal’s Nagnath Kamble for disturbing the order. In Poonam Coaster, two cases of rioting and one case of assault and injury to a Bajrang Dal volunteer have been registered in this case. The accused has been arrested, while the investigation of the other two cases is underway. All three cases have been registered at Kashi Mira Police Station.

Regarding the above-mentioned cases, tension had arisen due to the tethering of goats in the premises of the Poonam Cluster One building society in Kashmira police station limits. Three crimes have been registered in Kashi Mira police station limits.

A case under Section 118(1), 115(2) of the IPC has been registered at Kashi Mira Police Station. According to the details, at 12.50 pm, on the footpath in front of the cake shop near the gate of Poonam Cluster 01, Mira Road East District Police Station, Poonam Cluster 01 Society Bajrang Dal worker Nath Kamble along with some residents of the society were present here and were talking to Nagnath. An attacker, aged around 40 to 45 years, dressed in a white full-length shirt and blue jeans, tried to stab Nagnath Kamble from behind with a knife. At that time, the plaintiff brought his left hand into the bag to save him. When 16-year-old Karan Jain, who was standing behind the plaintiff, tried to catch her, she punched Karan Jain on the right cheek and then the attacker attacked and fled. In this case, the police have arrested the accused after registering a case. Now, along with this, the police have registered a case under sections 132, 196, 3(5) of the BNS. In this case, the police have arrested Bajrang Dal worker Durgesh Jaiswal, aged 30 to 35 years, 2. Harsh Singh, 22 to 25 years 3. Mohit Chaurasia, aged 35 years, a resident of Mira Bhayander, a 25 to 30-year-old young man wearing a blue half-t-shirt and black pants, long hair, raised religious slogans here. In addition, by bringing the white pig to this location and trying to forcefully take it into the premises of the society, they raised provocative slogans that promoted enmity between classes on the basis of religion and caste, incited hatred, disrupted harmony and disrupted public order, tried to take the pig into the premises of the society, protested against the government and tried to incite violence among Muslims. When the police intervened in this matter, they obstructed the performance of official duties. The police have registered a case in this matter. Similarly, the police have also registered a case against the Bajrang Dal activists who spread unrest here. The police have registered a case under the Maharashtra Police Act against them. They include Bajrang Dal activists Nagnath Kamble aged 50 to 55 years, Rupesh Dubey aged 40 to 45 years, Ankit Mishra aged 25 to 30 years, Rakesh Kotian, Suraj Sahu aged 25 to 30 years, Pawan Thakur, Bhajayal Rashyal, and others aged 50 to 60 years. All of them had created a ruckus in the society here along with destroying the peace of the society and trying to spoil the situation, after which the police took this action. Now peace has been established here but tension also persists.

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Fugitive accused arrested in Mumbai Powai murder case, anger over dispute a week ago was the motive for the murder, police investigation after the murder concluded

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Mumbai: Crime Branch Unit 10 has claimed to have arrested the absconding accused involved in the murder from Surat Gujarat. According to the details, on May 24, the body of a 55-year-old man named Yusuf was found in Powai Tanga village, Saki Vihar. Someone had stabbed him to death with a sharp weapon and stabbed him on the chest. The police registered a murder case in this matter and started investigation. Then they examined about 100 CCTV footage in this matter and it was found that the accused had fled after the murder in Gujarat. After that, the police arrested the accused from here and handed him over to Powai police for further action. The accused, Deepak alias Deepa Nathu Prasad Verma, 26, had an argument with Yusuf over something a week ago, which angered him and he killed Yusuf and fled. The police have taken action in this matter and claimed to have arrested the accused and solved the case. This action was taken by DCP Detection Nonath Dhole on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Devin Bharti. .

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Mumbai ANC Action Drug trafficker Haroon sent to Yeru Da Jail for one year

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Mumbai: Anti-Narcotics Cell ANC has sent drug smuggler Haroon Farooq Khan (41) to Pune Yerwada Jail for one year. A case has been registered against him under the NDPS Act. The accused was found involved in drug trafficking even after being released on bail, so while taking action against him, ANC proposed action against him under the PIT NDPS Act, 1988 and after approval from the Home Ministry, he has been sent to Yerwada Jail for one year. Haroon is active in drug trafficking. There are 8 NDPS cases registered against him in different police stations.

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