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.
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The Prime Minister is in Mumbai today as he inaugurated various development projects and said that his aim is to make Maharashtra big financial powerhouse and to make Mumbai global fintech capital.
Sule accused BJP of using the ICE model- Income Tax, CBI and ED- to gain political influence in Maharashtra. She referenced the use of these agencies in various cases, including those involving Ashok Chavan, NCP-SP leaders, and most recently, Ravindra Waikar.
The meeting between Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has come after BJP's poor show in Lok Sabha elections in the state.
On the first day of the Maharashtra Assembly's monsoon session, Devendra Fadnavis and Uddhav Thackeray met unexpectedly and exchanged words in a lift. Despite past tensions, the leaders engaged in friendly conversation.
As the last session of the assembly before the state elections is going to be started on June 27, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde may undertake cabinet expansion with the inclusion of MLAs from all Mahayuti parties.
The BJP managed to win nine Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, as against 22 won in 2019 elections, while the Shinde-led Shiv Sena emerged victorious on seven seats and Ajit Pawar-led NCP could win one seat.
The Bharatiya Janata Party suffered a major setback in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra, with its tally declining by almost half compared to 2019 elections.
Fadnavis assumed office as the deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde-led government on June 30, 2022, and has since been a prominent figure in Maharashtra's BJP leadership.
Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election 2024 Exit Poll Highlights: Maharashtra went for polls in the first phases of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections till May 20, and its results will be declared on June 4. The BJP-led NDA is slightly ahead of the MVA coalition due to a strong fight by Uddhav's Sena.
NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal said that his party got "very few seats to contest" in the Lok Sabha Elections but the party wants "more seats to contest" in the Maharashtra Assembly polls scheduled later this year.
The juvenile allegedly knocked down two people in Pune on Sunday. He was earlier granted bail by the Juvenile Justice Board, however, the Pune Police has filed a review plea seeking to try him as an adult.
In Pune Porsche accident, the court had remanded the accused - Naman Pralhad Bhutda, the owner of Cosie restaurant, its manager Sachin Katkar, and the manager of Blak Club hotel Sandip Sangle in police custody till May 24.
Former journalist Ketan Tirodkar in the video made allegations of links of government officials to drug networks. He was presented in court, and the court remanded him to police custody for three days.
Uddhav Thackeray parted ways with the old ally BJP after the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections and joined hands with the undivided NCP and Congress to form a government.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The voting for Rae Bareli will take place in the fifth phase of elections on May 20. The main contest is between Rahul Gandhi and BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh.
The political landscape in Mumbai is charged with anticipation as the parties gear up for the electoral tussle. Each faction is strategising and mobilising its resources to secure victory in the Lok Sabha elections. Mumbai will go to polls on May 20.
Uddhav Thackeray claimed that Devendra Fadnavis had told him in 2019 that he would groom Aaditya as the next chief minister of Maharashtra and he himself would move to Delhi, Fadnavis reacted sharply to Thackeray's claims and said that he has "lost his mind".
India TV-CNX conducted an opinion poll to gauge the mood of the nation and predict which party may have an edge in Maharashtra in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Pollin in the state will be held in first five phases.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Elections to the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra will be held in five phases from April 19 to May 20 and votes will be counted on June 4.
Shiv Sena (UBT) has fielded Vaishali Darekar Rane against Shrikant Shinde for the Kalyan Seat.
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