Former Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan on Friday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) knows that they will not be able to form a government in the state. He was speaking with the media in Mumbai. During his media interaction, Chavan lashed out at Devendra Fadnavis-led state government and said that Shiv Sena-BJP government does not have its priorities right.
A huge war of words has erupted in the Bhartiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra moments after Devendra Fadnavis resigned as state's chief minister on Friday, a day ahead of the dissolution of Assembly. In a press conference after resigning, Fadnavis said, " I never had any discussion on sharing of CM post for 2.5 years," Fadnavis said naming Uddhav.
Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said that an alliance of like-minded Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena for the government would be in the interests of Maharashtra.
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray addressed a press conference about an hour after Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis handed over his resignation to Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari. He countered Fadnavis' claim that there was no 50:50 formula.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has countered acting Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis claim and said that there was indeed a 50-50 agreement between Shiv Sena and BJP.
Devendra Fadnavis went full-throttle against Shiv Sena, minutes after he tendered his resignation as Maharashtra Chief Minister on Friday. From rejecting Sena's claims of a rotational CM to lodging strong protest over critical statements by Uddhav Thackeray's party, Fadnavis laid bare all aspects of the love-hate relationship between the political allies.
In a first counter-attack on Shiv Sena, Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said Uddhav Thackeray did not answer calls made by him. Fadnavis was addressing a press conference after tendering his resignation as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The tenure of the Maharashtra assembly is ending at midnight of November 9.
Devendra Fadnavis has resigned as Maharashtra chief minister after talks between the BJP and Shiv Sena failed to reach to a conclusion. Addressing media, Fadnavis stated that despite a good camaraderie, Uddhav Thackeray 'did not pick his call'.
Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar on Friday warned of a spell of President's Rule in Maharashtra unless the warring Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena come together and form the government.
The assertion by Gadkari indicates the BJP is not budging firm its stand of not sharing the chief minister's post with ally Shiv Sena
The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena had contested the Maharashtra elections under the aegis of 'Mahayuti', are bickering over sharing chief ministerial post since October 24, when the poll results were out.
The two parties, which contested the election under the aegis of 'Mahayuti', are bickering over sharing chief ministerial post since October 24, when the poll results was out.
The guest house incident related to Mayawati had changed political equations in Uttar Pradesh and SP and BSP became sworn enemies till 2019 when Akhilesh Yadav struck an alliance with Mayawati, who later clarified that Akhilesh Yadav was not in politics when the 1995 incident had taken place.
As the tussle with ally BJP over government formation in Maharashtra intensifies, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray met MLAs of his party late on Thursday. The MLAs are staying in a hotel in Mumbai, where Aaditya Thackeray had arrived.
The country is being pushed towards "financial emergency" because of the Centre's "wrong" economic policies, the Congress said on Thursday. Even three years after the demonetisation exercise, the country is still facing its after-effects, the party said on the eve of the Modi government's November 8, 2016 decision to scrap high-value notes.
The wait for a new government in Maharashtra prolonged on Thursday, with the BJP not staking claim, while an aggressive Shiv Sena remained firm on rotation of the chief minister's post.
As the political crisis in Maharashtra continued for the 15th day and 48 hours remained before the state assembly's tenure expires on November 9, the Shiv Sena on Thursday accused ally Bharatiya Janata Party of "pushing the state towards President's Rule".
The BJP is in power the state and an alliance of opposition parties, mainly the Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, is making a determined bid to oust the government headed by Das.
Kumbhakoni reached the Raj Bhavan shortly after a Bharatiya Janata Party delegation led by its state President Chandrakant Patil and ministers Girish Mahajan, Sudhir Mungantiwar and Ashish Shelar met the Governor to seek his advice on the same lines.
A fortnight later, the political crisis in Maharashtra is only deepening further. According to news agency IANS, Shiv Sena has decided to shift all its 65 MLAs to a private sea-facing hotel in suburban Bandra till the state comes out of the present deadlock.
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