Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. A member of Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Fadnavis holds the honour of being the second youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra after Sharad Pawar. In the past, he has also been recognised as the youngest municipal corporator of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation at the age of 21. He was the second youngest mayor elected in India, when he served as the Mayor of Nagpur at the age of 27, in 1997. He is also the only person to be re-elected as the Mayor in Council in Maharashtra. He has been an MLA representing Nagpur, since, 1999. A lawyer by profession, Fadnavis holds law degree from Nagpur Law College. He also has a Post Graduate Degree in Business Management and a diploma in Project Management from DSE, Berlin. His wife, Amruta Ranade is a branch manager in Axis Bank.
Read MoreThe 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.
As the tenure of the Maharashtra government nears an end, a delegation of BJP leaders will meet Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and will stake claim to form a government in the state. At present, Maharashtra witnesses a curious game in which all major political parties are engaged in 'no harm no foul'.
He arrived at the RSS headquarters in Mahal area in Nagpur around 9.25 pm and left after one and a half hours. RSS functionaries in Nagpur were tight-lipped about what transpired at the meeting, though it is being speculated that the meeting was about the political deadlock in the state after the October 21 assembly elections.
Amid the deadlock over government formation in Maharashtra, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday reiterated that the state’s next chief minister would be from his party. Raut also said Sharad Pawar won't be next CM of Maharashtra, amid reports of the Shiv Sena making friendly overtures to the NCP.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Monday. Following the meet, Fadnavis said he does not want to comment on the government formation in Maharashtra. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut is also slated to meet Maharashtra Governor today evening.
The Maharashtra government on Saturday approved Rs 10,000 crore as a special provision to provide immediate assistance to farmers affected by unseasonal rains.
Vijay Singh, a resident of Sion area who worked as a medical representative in a pharmaceutical firm, died after he was detained at the Wadala Truck Terminus police station for questioning in an assault case on Sunday
Fadnavis's statement comes amid a serious tussle between the BJP and Shiv Sena on "50:50" ratio in government formation. Shiv Sena wants the chief minister's chair for 2.5 years. Udhav Thackeray-led party wants a written assurance from the BJP regarding the same.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and senior Shiv Sena leader Diwakar Raotey met Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari in Mumbai on Monday.
Fadnavis, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray, and Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde who trounced estranged cousin and BJP minister Pankaja Munde in a keenly-contested poll battle were among the prominent winners in Maharashtra.
Kalyan West Constituency Result: Kalyan West Assembly constituency is Maharashtra’s one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies. A part of Bhiwandi parliamentary constituency, the assembly constituency of Kalyan West is a part of Thane district, Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is said to enjoy the full confidence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The CM of the most industrialised state in India is gearing up to defend his home-turf of Nagpur in upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections 2019. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Devendra Fadnavis from Nagpur South West assembly constituency.
Referring to desertions from NCP, Fadnavis said party chief Sharad Pawar's situation was like that of the `jailer' in the film "Sholay", who orders half his personnel to go this way and another half that way and finds that nobody is left to follow him.
Fadnavis was addressing a public rally in Mangalwedha in Solapur district. He criticised the opposition Congress and NCP for "not doing anything" during their 15 years of their rule before the BJP-Sena government came to power in 2014.
"They are already in defeatist frame of mind. I read in newspapers that Rahul Gandhi is in Bangkok," Fadnavis said at a rally at Ner in Dhule district of north Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis declared assets of over Rs 3.86 crore in his election affidavit on Friday as he filed nomination from Nagpur South West assembly constituency. His affidavit put his immovable assets atRs 3.78 crore, against Rs1.81 crore in 2014.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi passed the orders on the plea filed by one Satish Ukey.
Maharashtra Assembly Elections are around the corner. Parties like BJP, Shiv Sena, Congress, NCP and others are closing their ranks. India TV spoke exclusively with Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra and a prominent BJP leader.
Talking to reporters in Latur district during his ongoing 'Mahajanadesh Yatra', Fadnavis also said he is a "Hindutvawadi" person but with a scientific mindset.
Activist Mohnish J. Jabalpure shot off the letter to the ED in Nagpur claiming that the government has directed officials of the police department to transfer the salary accounts of various departments to the private sector Axis Bank.
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