Amid suspense over who will become the next chief minister of Maharashtra, the BJP sources on Wednesday said that Devendra Fadnavis is almost certain to be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra as the Cenntral leadership has given green signal.
Despite the Mahayuti coalition’s electoral victory, the alliance is struggling with disagreements regarding the post of chief minister. In the assembly polls, the BJP-led Mahayuti won a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, winning 235 seats in the 288-member assembly.
A massive fire broke out at a 6-floor building in Mumbai's Andheri. The firefighting operation is underway.
According to the Western Railway, these new services will run on all days of the week. There will be no change in the total number of services, i.e. the count of local services is 1406 including the 109 AC local train services, it added.
Kalyan fire incident: After receiving a call regarding the fire incident at the Kalyan skyscraper, the fire brigade team along with the local police rushed to the spot and cordoned the area to launch a rescue operation.
Devendra Fadnavis is likely to meet Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda to discuss the modalities of the formation of the next government in Mahrashtra. Fadnavis is considered as the front runner for the post of the chief minister, succeeding incumbent Eknath Shinde of the Shiv Sena.
Ramdas Athawale said the Maharashtra dispute should end soon as BJP's high command has decided that Devendra Fadnavis should be made the CM but Eknath Shinde is unhappy and his displeasure needs to be removed.
The swearing-in of Maharashtra's new government faces a delay due to a leadership tussle within the ruling Mahayuti coalition over the Chief Minister's post.
The Mahayuti alliance consisting BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP emerged victorious in the Maharashtra assembly elections.
Maharashtra CM suspense: The BJP-led Mahayuti coalition won a landslide victory in the elections bagging 235 seats in the 288-member assembly in Maharashtra. However, a power struggle over the Chief Minister's position among the alliance partners has overshadowed the post-poll celebrations.
Earlier, the poll body transferred Rashmi Shukla with immediate effect on November 4, shifting her temporarily after Congress alleged that she showed a clear bias against the opposition.
The formation of a new government in Maharashtra, which appeared likely immediately after the BJP-led coalition won a thumping majority in the assembly elections, is delayed due to Shiv Sena’s insistence that Eknath Shinde continue as the chief minister.
Mumbai Local Train: The latest AC Mumbai local train, which arrived at the Kandivli yard on Tuesday, is currently undergoing mandatory tests before it enters service.
Worli MLA Aditya Thackeray has been elected as the legislature party leader of Shiv Sena (UBT), days after the Election Commission of India announced the results for the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly Elections.
Rohit Pawar, the grandnephew of NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, retained his Karjat Jamkhed seat in Ahilyanagar district by defeating BJP's Ram Shinde by a thin margin of 1,243 votes.
The suspense over Maharashtra's Chief Minister post continues as Shiv Sena backs Eknath Shinde, while BJP and NCP leaders push for Devendra Fadnavis, with crucial talks set in Delhi.
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule has said leaders of the ruling Mahayuti alliance and the BJP leadership will decide who will be the next Chief Minister of the state.
Nana Patole on Monday (November 25) refuted claims over him resigning as Maharashtra Congress president following the party's historic defeat in the state assembly elections, where it secured just 16 of 103 contested seats.
According to sources, Devendra Fadnavis may become Maharashtra's CM, with Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar likely to be appointed as Deputy CMs, under the old one CM, two DCMs formula.
In a first since it entered electoral politics in 2009, the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) will not have any representation in the assembly as the party drew a blank in the elections.
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