Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: On the decision to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad districts taken in the last cabinet meeting of the Uddhav Thackeray-led government, Pawar said the issue was not part of the MVA's common minimum programme.

Maharashtra cabinet expansion: Addressing a press conference during a whirlwind tour of the Delhi, Shinde also dismissed his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray's call for mid-term polls in Maharashtra and asserted his government is strong and stable.

Shinde-Fadnavis Delhi visit: Eknath Shinde said: "The existence of our MLAs came under threat under the MVA government. Back then we couldn't speak and that's why we took the step. It's only the natural alliance of BJP and Shiv Sena that can take M

Eknath Shinde was sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister on June 30 with the support of the BJP after he rebelled against the then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, walking out of the Shiv Sena with a large chunk of MLAs.

Maharashtra news: Shinde and Fadnavis, who assumed office on June 30 made courtesy calls on President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu.

The BJP, which wheeled back to power, after forging an alliance with Shiv Sena is expected to get important portfolios, sources said.

Maharashtra Floor Test: Addressing a meeting of Sena district presidents at the Shiv Sena Bhawan, Uddhav Thackeray said it was an insult of the Constitution to run the Legislative Assembly in an arbitrary manner.

Maharashtra Floor Test: Eknath Shinde thanked Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis saying, "I thank him that he gave me a chance to work as a minister (in the last government)... and I could work on Samruddhi Mahamarg project."

Devendra Fadnavis said that the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance had received the mandate in 2019 but "we were deliberately taken away from the majority".

Without taking the name of former CM Uddhav Thackeray, Fadnavis claimed Maharashtra witnessed a "deficit of leadership availability" in the last few years.

Eknath Shinde was sworn in as CM on June 30, a day after Uddhav Thackeray quit the post. BJP's Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the deputy CM.

Maharashtra Floor Test: The BJP-Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde camp) government held office on Thursday after Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis took as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, a day after Uddhav Thackeray resigned as CM.

The post of Speaker was vacant since February last year after Nana Patole of Congress quit.

Several environmental organisations have called for a peaceful protest at Aarey forest on Sunday morning and hundreds of Mumbaikars are likely to gather at the picnic point in the area

On Friday, Uddhav Thackeray had said that had Union Home Minister Amit Shah kept his word of rotating the top post in the state in 2019, the BJP would have been steering the government now.

The MVA coalition led by Uddhav Thackeray had decided to move the Metro-3 car shed from Aarey to Kanjurmarg. The construction of car shed at Aarey had been a sticking point between the BJP and Shiv Sena.

NCP spokesman Mahesh Tapase said BJP had termed the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi govt as a "three-wheel auto-rickshaw" pulling in different directions when the new dispensation headed by Shiv Sena rebel Shinde itself resembled a two-wheeler.

The Shiv Sena accused the BJP of gaining power in the state through immoral means and asked why the party did not honour the pact of rotational chief minister in 2019 if Fadnavis had to take oath as the deputy chief minister.

Fadnavis, who had on Thursday announced that he would not be part of the new Eknath Shinde-led government but later took oath as deputy chief minister, did not attend the celebration.

A trust vote is also likely to be held during the two-day special assembly session.