Why BJP Wanted Ajit Pawar: NCP Leader's Warning For Eknath Shinde

Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party -- caught unawares by his nephew Ajit Pawar's abrupt crossover to the ruling alliance -- today declared that it is not good news for Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The BJP's aim, the party hinted, was to look for a replacement for Mr Shinde, whose partnership with Devendra Fadnavis is said to have hit too many bumps.

"Eknath Shinde's power will be reduced," said senior NCP leader Jayant Patil, who spelt out the party's stand regarding Ajit Pawar's claims of the whole party supporting his crossover, at a press conference this evening.

As reason, he claimed that "some people" did not like the way the Chief Minister works.

"Now to reduce his (Eknath Shinde's) importance, Ajit Pawar has been added in the government that's already in majority," Mr Patil said.

While the BJP allowed Mr Shinde to head the government, there has been friction. Leaders of Mr Shinde's faction have claimed that the BJP has been trying to play the big brother.

There have been reports that the BJP wants 10 ministers from the Shinde cation dropped ahead of the coming reshuffle of the state cabinet to make space for the NCP ministers.

In April, Mr Shinde's faction had said if Ajit Pawar joined the alliance with other leaders of NCP, they will quit being part of the government.  The matter was said to have been sorted with the intervention of Union Minister and the BJP's chief strategist Amit Shah, who met both Mr Shinde and Ajit Pawar in Delhi last week.

Today, Mr Shinde had warm words of welcome for the NCP leader.

"Now the double engine government has a triple engine. The state will sprint (on the path of development). Now we have one Chief Minister and two deputy chief ministers. This will help faster development of the state," he said.

The BJP has not commented on the matter. Sources in the party said Ajit Pawar's decision to extend support to the alliance government is a result of Congress trying to foist Rahul Gandhi as the leader of Opposition and PM candidate for 2024.

"Rahul Gandhi and the Congress's high handedness is the reason for NCP breaking ranks," a leader said.

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Pak Taliban Kill 4 Cops In Sunday Shootout In Balochistan

Four security officers were killed in a shootout in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Sunday, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Pakistan Taliban.

About a dozen gunmen attacked policemen and paramilitary Frontier Constabulary officers at a highway checkpoint in Zhob district, prompting a two-hour gunbattle.

"Four of the security officials, including three policemen and one Frontier Corps officer, were killed in the attack. One of the suspected attackers has also been killed but not yet identified," Zhob's commissioner, Saeed Umrani, told AFP.

Three others were wounded, officials said.

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) later claimed the attack in a statement, identifying the attacker shot dead by police.

The TTP is separate from Afghanistan's Taliban but shares a similar ideology.

Attacks, mostly targeting security forces, have been on the rise again since the Afghan Taliban seized control in Kabul in 2021 and a shaky months-long ceasefire between the TTP and Islamabad ended in November last year.

The assaults have been regular in regions abutting Afghanistan and Islamabad alleges some are being planned on Afghan soil.

Four policemen in Kuchlak, Balochistan, were killed in April in a gunbattle with terrorists identified by police as being from the Pakistan Taliban.

In January, a suicide bomber linked to the TTP blew himself up in a mosque inside a police compound in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing more than 80 officers.

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Rahul Gandhi Mallikarjun Kharge Extend Support To Sharad Pawar

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi spoke with NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday and extended support to him, after the Maharashtra strongman faced a revolt by his nephew Ajit Pawar who along with eight other leaders joined the Eknath Shinde-led government.

The Congress said that the BJP's "washing machine" has resumed its operations as a number of these leaders had been facing serious corruption charges and have now got a "clean chit".

In a surprising move, Ajit Pawar took oath as the deputy chief minister, while eight legislators of his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) took oath as ministers in the government led by the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) earlier in the day.

Congress president Kharge and Mr Gandhi spoke with NCP president Sharad Pawar and extended support to him, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said on Twitter.

"The BJP's dirty tricks department is working on overdrive in Maharashtra. This is not a legitimately elected government, but an ED-facilitated power grab. The Maharashtra government is a product of corruption and sin," Mr Venugopal alleged.

"The people have very well identified the traitors, corrupt and compromised leaders of Maharashtra and each of them will be taught the lessons of their lifetime in the next elections," he said.

On June 29, PM Modi had spoken about corruption and it appears he switched on the "washing machine" and these leaders are now squeaky clean after this oath-taking ceremony, Mr Venugopal said.

Reacting to the development, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "Clearly the BJP's Washing Machine has resumed its operations. A number of new entrants into the BJP-led alliance in Maharashtra today had been facing serious corruption charges with ED, CBI and Income Tax authorities after them. Now they have all got a clean chit." 

The Congress will intensify its efforts to free Maharashtra from the clutches of the BJP, Mr Ramesh asserted.

The Congress is part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance consisting of itself, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) and the NCP.

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US Teen Sentenced To Up To 40 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting Strangling Teacher

A Las Vegas teenager has been sentenced to between 16 and 40 years in prison by Clark County District Court Judge Kathleen Delaney after he strangled and sexually assaulted his teacher while asking about his grades after class.

"It is the most heinous type of crime there could be," the judge told him, inveighing against the attack on the educator, in comments reported by Las Vegas-based CBS affiliate KLAS.

Jonathan Eluterio Martinez Garcia, 17, pleaded guilty to attempted murder, attempted sexual assault, and battery with a deadly weapon resulting in serious bodily harm. He originally faced a dozen charges in the attack on his teacher during a discussion about grades at Eldorado High School, reported Fox News.

On Wednesday, Garcia apologised in court. His lawyer told the judge that his client's behaviour was caused by severe side effects of an asthma medication he took that caused mood changes, night terrors and hallucinations, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

"I regret what I've done," Garcia said. "I also regret the things I should have done, but didn't do." His attorney asked for probation.

In April 2022, a student attacked the teacher in a classroom. He choked her with a string and then slammed her head against the table and knocked her unconscious. While attacking, he allegedly said he "didn't like the teacher" so he was "getting revenge."

When she awoke again she found her pants and underwear had been pulled down and the boy was pouring liquid over her.

The teacher told police that the accused was going to "set something on fire" before toppling a heavy bookshelf over her and sitting down on top of it.

While she was trapped under the shelves, the accused also tried to slash Sade's (the teacher) wrist while he asked, "Can't you die already?"

The accused said that he blacked out during the attack, but he later told police that he raped her and remembered trying to strangle her.

 

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