Overview

• NCP’s Aditi Tatkare will hoist the national flag in Raigad and BJP’s Girish Mahajan will do so in Nashik according to official Protocol Department circulars.
• Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena MLA Bharat Gogawale missed a cabinet meeting after the assignments, with Sena leaders citing pre-notified travel commitments and Gogawale insisting he was not upset.
• Senior NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal cited health reasons for skipping the Gondia flag-hoisting ceremony, leading to BJP’s Mangal Prabhat Lodha being deputed in his place.
• Shiv Sena MLAs have renewed complaints about delayed constituency development funds, underscoring ongoing frustrations over district-level patronage.
• Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders have leveraged the dispute to question the coalition’s unity and spotlight what they describe as BJP dominance in key district appointments.